History of Medicine

By isaacklassen
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    The Middle Ages

  • First Pharmacy established in Baghdad
    Sep 11, 754

    First Pharmacy established in Baghdad

  • Rhazes
    Aug 31, 900

    Rhazes

    Discovered difference between smallpox and measles.
  • Avicenna
    Sep 11, 1010

    Avicenna

    The book of Healing and The Cannon of Medicine was written
  • glasses where invented
    Sep 11, 1249

    glasses where invented

  • Leonardo da Vinci
    1489

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses
  • Period: Jan 1, 1501 to

    Renaissance

  • Zacharius Jannssen

    Zacharius Jannssen

    invents the microscope
  • Blood cells discovered

    Blood cells discovered

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek observes bacteria.
  • discovered citrus fruits prevent scurvy

    discovered citrus fruits prevent scurvy

  • first successful appendectomy

    first successful appendectomy

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    He develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • stethoscope invented

    stethoscope invented

  • James Blundell

    James Blundell

    performs the first successful transfusion of human blood
  • syringe was developed

    syringe was developed

  • First vaccine developed for cholera

    First vaccine developed for cholera

  • Karl Landsteiner

    Karl Landsteiner

    Creates system to classify different blood types.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Band-Aid invented

    Band-Aid invented

  • Insulin first used to treat diabetes.

    Insulin first used to treat diabetes.

  • First vaccine developed for whooping cough

    First vaccine developed for whooping cough

  • First vaccine developed for tetanus.

    First vaccine developed for tetanus.

  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • First vaccine to target a cause of cancer

    First vaccine to target a cause of cancer

  • Stem Cell Research

    Stem Cell Research

    study showed that adult cells including stem cells can be turned back into stem cells
  • Combined four pills into one to fight HIV

    Combined four pills into one to fight HIV

  • Japanese Researchers

    Japanese Researchers

    discovered how to make healthy liver out of stem cells
  • First vaccine for Ebola

    First vaccine for Ebola