History of Medicine

By Abigail Hablitzel
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 900

    Rhazes

    Discovered the difference between Smallpox and Measles.
  • 1010

    The Book of Healing

    Avicenna writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine
  • 1020

    First successful eye surgery.

    Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili performed the first successful eye surgery. Using a needle and removing a cataract.
  • 1231

    A set of laws concerning Medical Education Standards

    In 1231 Frederick II promoted a set of laws concerning medical education standards and licensure that were far ahead of his time.
  • 1260

    Retreat for the Blind

    Louis IX established Les Quinze-vingt; originally a retreat for the blind, it became a hospital for eye diseases.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1315

    Mondino de Luzzi

    This Italian physician conducted a public dissection for his students and spectators. The following year he would write Anathomia corporis humani, which is considered the first example of a modern dissection manual and the first true anatomical text.
  • 1377

    Infections In Ragusa

    Infections In Ragusa
    The city of Ragusa issued orders to combat the plague that included making arriving ships wait 30 days in the harbour before docking, so that authorities could be sure no one was infected.
  • 1489

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses
  • 1514

    "On the stucture of the human body"

    Andreas Vesalius a Flemish anatomist and physician she wrote one of the most influential books on human anatomy "On the Structure of the Human Body".

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey
    William Harvey explains the circulatory system in Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus

  • Blood Cells

    Blood Cells
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells.

  • Smallpox inoculations

    Giacomo Pylarini gives the first smallpox inoculations
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • First successful Appendectomy

    First successful Appendectomy
    Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy

  • Edward Jenner

    after carrying out successful tests, he published his findings: An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease Known by the Name of Cow Pox.

  • Transfusion of Blood

    James Blundell performs the first successful transfusion of human blood

  • Cholera vaccine

    Cholera vaccine
    First vaccine developed for cholera
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Classification Of Blood Groups

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

  • ECG

    ECG
    Dr. Paul Dudley White introduced the use of the electrocardiograph.

  • Diabetes Treatment

    Diabetes Treatment
    Insulin first used to treat diabetes

  • Heart Transplant

    Heart Transplant
    Dr. Christian Bernard performs the first human heart transplant

  • Ending of smallpox

    1980 Smallpox is eradicated
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • First Faceplant

    ean-Michel Dubernard performs the first partial face transplant

  • Salmonella & E. coli Outbreaks

    Salmonella and E. coli outbreaks, large multi-state foodborne outbreaks are detected and investigated, revealing gaps in food safety.

  • First Kindney grown in Vitro (glass)

    First Kindney grown in Vitro (glass)
    First kidney grown in vitro in the U.S. ( vitro means it was grown in glass)

  • Liver grown by stem cells

    Liver grown by stem cells
    First human liver grown from stem cells in Japan

  • Ebola Outbreak

    Great Ebola Outbreak, First cases and deaths in Europe and America