History of Medicine

By Amanda Hays
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 659

    Dental Amalgams

    One of the most important contributions to medicine from medieval China was the creation of amalgams for dental procedures which were tooth fillings made up of silver and tin.
  • 733

    Ointments

    Ointments
    This man's leg wound is being treated, while herbs for a soothing ointment or healing drink are being prepared
  • 754

    The First Pharmacy

    The first pharmacy was established by one medieval Arabic physician who said these were places for “the art of knowing the materia medica simples" in their various species, types and shapes. From these, the pharmacist prepares compounded medications as prescribed.
  • 900

    Rhazes

    Discovered the difference between smallpox and measles.
  • 1299

    Dissection

    Dissection
    Doctors performing a dissection of a cadaver to learn more about the human anatomy.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1347

    Diseases and Epidemics

    During the Renaissance period, common diseases included leprosy, smallpox and the dreaded Black Death.
  • 1472

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Leonardo recognized that a scientific knowledge of human anatomy could only be gained by dissecting the human body.
  • 1500

    Anatomy

    Anatomy
    The renaissance was a time of re-birth in the knowledge of a multitude of subject. Many people had delved into the idea of how the human body works and broke down human anatomy even further than during the middle ages.
  • 1553

    Girolamo Fracastoro

    the first doctor to have suggested that human diseases may be caused by pathogens.
  • 1564

    Widely Used Medical Books

    The “De Humaini Corporis Fabrica” was a book written by Andreas Vesalius and became one of the most important books ever written on the human anatomy at the time.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner discovered that there was two forms of smallpox and cowpox and that one could help the human build up an immunity against it.

  • Medical Advancements

    Medical Advancements
    Many pharmaceuticals were advanced during the time of the industrial revolution because of the advancements that were being made for other inventions that made it easier to make and store medicine.

  • The First Stethoscope

    Rene Theophile was too embarrassed to put his ear upon a female patient's breast while examining her, he soon came up with the idea for a stethoscope after seeing young children putting their ear up to a hollow log and knocking through it.

  • Germ Theory

    Louis Pasteur hypothesized the germ theory which proved the scientific evidence that would change the century and stop a disease that at one time killed 30,000 people.

  • Anesthetics

    Anesthetics
    The anesthesia Nitrous Oxide was first demonstrated at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

  • Chloroform

    It was discovered that inhaling ether, or chloroform gases, lessened the pain of surgery.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Dementia

    "Presenile dementia," later known as Alzheimer's disease, was discovered by Alois Alzheimer's, a German psychiatrist.

  • Daniel H. Williams

    Developed a means to suture (stitch) ruptured spleens.

  • Influenza Epidemic

    Influenza Epidemic
    There was an influenza outbreak that affected many men women and children.

  • Lead Industry

    Lead Industry
    The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces a ban on lead paint on toys and furniture, nearly 60 years after studies show that lead is dangerous to children and decades of opposition from the lead industry.

  • Genes

    Scientists in with the International Human Genome Project released a rough draft of the human genome to the public. For the first time the world could read the complete set of human genetic information.
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Dr. Myles

    One of the best known Pediatricians in the world. He graduated from University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine in 1972 and treated a child with growth and development problems

  • The Artificial Womb

    The Artificial Womb
    Scientists have created an artificial womb capable of allowing very premature fetuses to develop normally for approximately one month.

  • Combination Drug Therapy

    There was the 10 percent drop in deaths due to HIV in the US between 2006 and 2007.

  • 3D Printed Body Parts

    3D Printed Body Parts
    Researchers from Cornell University printed an outer ear that worked like and resembled the real thing.