History of Medicine

By a.clifford498
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • Oct 3, 900

    Rhaze discovered differences between smallpox and measles

  • Oct 3, 1300

    Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick

  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • Oct 2, 1400

    Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied

  • Use of scientific method begins

  • Robert Hooke reflective microscope

  • Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria

  • Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas

  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination

  • Louis Pasteur (microbiology) pasteurization of milk

  • Joseph Lister- practice of medical aspects

  • Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens

  • Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing

  • John Snow stops outbreak of cholora

  • Buboric plague hits San Francisco

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity

  • Period: to

    21st Century