History of Medicine

By tatum.f
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • 754

    First pharmacy established in Baghdad

  • Jun 21, 900

    Rhazes

    Rhazes
    Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox.
  • 1249

    Roger Bacon invents spectacles

    Roger Bacon invents spectacles
  • 1400

    Jacoba Felicie

    A Frenchwoman tries to practice medicine but is denied.
  • 1500

    The first written record of both a mother and child surviving cesarean section.

  • Period: Jan 1, 1501 to

    Renaissance

  • Zacharius Jannssen discovers the microscope

    Zacharius Jannssen discovers the microscope

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells

  • Antenie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria

  • Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas

  • Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy

  • Edward Jenner discovered first vaccination

    Edward Jenner discovered first vaccination
  • Period: to

    The Industrial Revolution

  • Ignaz Semmelueis shows importance of handwashing

  • John Snow stops outbreak of cholera

  • Marie Curie discovers science of Radiology

    Marie Curie discovers science of Radiology

  • 1900 Bubonic plague hits San Francisco

  • Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Insulin first used to treat diabetes

    Insulin first used to treat diabetes

  • Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

  • Salk discovers polo vaccine

  • First HMO insurance

  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Scientists complete draft sequencing of the human genome

    Scientists complete draft sequencing of the human genome

  • First vaccine to target a cause of cancer

  • First HPV vaccine approved by FDA

    First HPV vaccine approved by FDA

  • Stem cell research peaks

  • The first full face transplant done