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400 BCE
Hippocrates
Hippocrates was a Greek physician and considered the father of medicine due to his actions throughout medical history. He had based medical studies off of the observations of the human body. He had published the book called Corpus Hippocraticum, and the book had contained well detailed information upon biomedical methodology. -
335 BCE
Herophilus
Herophilus was a Greek physician who had been deemed one of the first anatomists at the time and was considered the godfather of anatomy due to his findings and research. Herophilus had preformed dissections and scientific discoveries of the human body, making 9 findings along with his research. Those findings had ended up being lost eventually. -
129 BCE
Galen
Galen was a physician that had an idea to take an interest within a medical field at the age of 16 and believe his ideas could be controversial. He had also dissected monkeys to see any comparison within them and humans, and to also figure out body parts. Later on as he had made multiple discoveries, he had passed away in 216 BCE. -
114 BCE
First anatomy book
A researcher had published one of the first anatomy books that contained a vast majority of the human body organs, tissues, and explained it well. -
100 BCE
Acupuncture Used
Acupunctures are needles that are used to be put within your arm, and they were first used in 100 BCE -
168
Herbs Created
Herbs were first created in 168, originally for medical use. These were first remedies that contained over 100 ingredients within the herb to help cure any diseases or problem in your body. -
457
Potions Created
At this time in 457, potions were created and were used with herbs to relieve from pain or diseases. Potions were used in multiple forms such as liquid, jelly, and more. -
893
Painkillers Created
At this time, painkillers were a major addition to history. It assisted many people in need with their diseases and issues, and help people recover. Most people it helped, others it didn't make a difference depending on the disease such as the Bubonic Plague. -
910
Smallpox discovered
It was first discovered when the Persian physician Rhazes had found it through research, and was widespread afterwards. Smallpox vaccines weren't made anytime soon until 700 years later, where it stopped the population of the world from dropping so quickly overtime. -
1230
First Medicine School
At this time around, there was really no medical schools until this one came around. Before this, most people ended up learning from someone that knew about the parts, or doing their own research. But at this time, they could go to this medical school and research and learn about body parts, etc. -
1432
Vitamins Created
At this time, vitamins were very beneficial to people and were needed to sustain life. That was until vitamin pills were created, and people have the ability to take vitamin pills instead of trying to find another way to find the ingredients. -
1532
First Study of Human Anatomy
Andreas Vesalius was a physician who resided in the Netherlands and was one of the first to study the human anatomy. He had made a book on it and mostly the reason people know him is due to De humani corporis fabrica or "the structure of the human body." -
Microscope invented
Zacharius Jannssen had invented the microscope intially in 1590, and is still used today. His microscope wasn't much different from the one being used today, only with much more renovations made to it. It still functioned the same way, for it to be used for seeing microscopic items, -
William Harvey
William Harvey was a English physician who had published a book called "An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals" which had included many important details about blood vessels, heart, and arteries within the body for future research. -
Blood Cells & Bacteria Discovered
Blood Cells & Bacteria were discovered by scientists in 1676 when they looked at the human body more in depth. They had found that there were interesting and unidentified parts within the blood and body and make their discovery. -
Bifocals Invented
Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers from the constitution, had made a change on vision throughout history. He had invented bifocals, which are very important siding with glasses. These helped improve vision for people who have a hard time seeing, and with his invention, it turned that around. -
Vaccine for Smallpox
The first ever successful vaccine that was developed and introduced was the smallpox vaccine. It was introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796, and afterwards the vaccine help later on eradicate the disease in 1977. -
Preventing Scurvy
One of the main reason scurvy is gone today is due to James Lind. James had ran 2 tests upon scurvy and to make it go away, one trying to survive scurvy and one eating citrus fruits. He conducted that if you eat citrus fruits, the scurvy will end up going away. He later on then published his "Treaties of the Scurvy" and stated that within the book. -
Invention of the Stethoscope
The Stethoscope was first introduced in 1816 by Rene Laennec, the inventor. The purpose of the stethoscope was to check for regular and irregular heartbeats, breathing problems, and much more. It was later on renovated in time to still strive the purpose it did hundreds of years ago. -
First Human Blood Transfusion
In 1818, the first human blood transfusion preformed by James Blundell was successfully done. This had inspired other doctors to work and study on blood transfusions and it had made a very big impact on both saving peoples lives and history. -
Syringe Created
Charles Gabriel Pravaz and Alexander Wood had developed the syringe. Their use for it back then was the same use today, to inject medicine into people. It's still used today, and without the syringe we would be doing more transfusions in order to inject liquids. -
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister was a surgeon who resided in London. He had done most, if not all, of his research conducted within London and later on became a professor of surgeon in 1860. -
Contact Lenses Created
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick was the creator of the contact lenses we use today. Contact lenses are used to improve your vision and help better it, rather than wearing glasses, you put it inside your eyes. It's a circular plastic you put in your eye. -
Vaccine for Bubonic Plague
The vaccine for the bubonic plague was founded in 1890, and it stopped the death of many people in Europe. -
X-Rays Discovered
Wilhelm Roentgen was the discoverer of the X-Rays we use today. X-Rays purpose are to check for bone damage, any bone injuries, anything inside of it, etc. This had helped many people as if they got their shoulder dislocated, doctors and physicians could see what was the issue. -
Creation of Aspirin
In 1853, chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt had originally mixed liquids and tried making an invention, and he invented aspirin. In 1897, it was eventually tested on people and worked out successful. In 1899, it had been distributed throughout the world and been sold. -
Insulin used for diabetes
Originally, there was no use for insulin as your pancreas would normally produce it. Overtime, scientists decided to take a sample of it from a healthy human and gave it to someone who had diabetes, and it had helped out their diabetes. -
Penicillin Discover
Penicillin was a huge thing to help diabetes and attempt to get rid of it. In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. It was first discovered with testing it with dogs in their pancreas as that organ produces it, and injects it into another dog with diabetes. This helped out majorly and showed significant recovery from it. -
Smallpox Eradicated
Smallpox was eventually eradicated in 1980. Everyone was relieved from distress as it was over. -
HIV identified
Scientists had discovered the problem that caused AIDS, which was called HIV. This had a major impact on peoples health and risked their lives.
