History of Medicine

By MichaelJ11
  • Period: 500 to 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 900

    Rhazes

    Discovers symptoms of small pox
  • 1084

    First Hospital

    First documented hospital in England Canterbury
  • 1123

    St Bartholomew

    St Bartholomew
    In St Bartholomew, founded by Rahere Augstine cared for the sick and mental patients
  • 1249

    Roger Bacon

    Writes about convex lens for treating long-sightedness
  • 1260

    Louis IX

    Louis IX
    Established Les Quinze-vingt as a retreat for the blind then became a hospital for eye diseases.
  • Period: 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1348

    Black Death

    Black death hits England, killing 20% of the population
  • 1553

    Miguel Serveto

    Miguel Serveto
    Describes the circulation of blood through lungs
  • 1564

    Ambrois Pare

    Ambrois Pare
    Ambrois Pare publishes "Treatise on Surgery" on how to surgeons should treat wounds

  • William Harvey

    Discovers circulatory system

  • The Great Plague

    Last major epidemic to happen in England. Killed on an estimated of 100,000 people. Happen on a smaller scale than the Black death.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Edward Jenner

    Published his work on vaccinations for small pox

  • Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale
    Lower the death rate in Scutari from 43% to 2% by improving cleanliness in hospitals

  • Joseph Lister

    Introduced an antiseptic spray that reduced death rates in patients by 45.7%

  • Public Health Act

    Forced local councils to take responsibility for public health

  • X-Rays

    X-Rays
    Provided better understanding of the body and helped in diagnosis and treatment of patients
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Karl Landsteiner

    Discovered that blood groups made transfusion safer for the patient

  • Insulin

    First trials of insulin injected to save people with diabetes

  • Francis Crick and James Watson

    Francis Crick and James Watson
    Discovered molecular structure of DNA

  • Christiaan Barnard

    Christiaan Barnard
    Preformed worlds first hear transplant

  • PET

    First commercial PET scanner was made
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Jacques Marescaux

    Jacques Marescaux
    Performs first remote surgery

  • Laurent Lantieri

    Laurent Lantieri
    Performs the first full face transplant

  • Liver

    First human liver was grown for stem cells in Japan

  • Skull transplant

    3D printer was used for first ever skull transplant

  • Pancreas

    First artificial pancreas was made