-
Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
-
900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox -
1020
Eye Surgery
Ammar ibn `Ali al-Mawsili performed the first successful eye surgery using a needle and removing a cataract -
1249
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon invents spectacles -
1260
Louis IX
He established Les Quinze-vingt which was a hospital for eye diseases, and is now one of the most important medical centers in Paris -
1300
Islamic Hospitals
Islamic hospitals provide healthcare for the ill -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
-
1348
Black Death
It was a massive disease that depleted population in England -
Scientific Method
The use of the scientific method begins -
Reflective Microscope
Allowed the study of microorganisms, such as bacteria -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
He describes bacteria -
Francis Bacon
Uses microscope to discover plague fleas -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
-
Anthrax Vaccine
Louis Pasteur developed the first anthrax vaccine -
Rabies Vaccine
Louis Pasteur developed the first vaccine for rabies -
Contacts
The first contact lenses are developed -
Marie Curie
Curie discovers the science of radioactivity -
Felix Hoffman
Felix Hoffman developed aspirin -
Bubonic Plague
Plague hits San Francisco -
Period: to
Modern World
-
Earl Dickson
He invented the band-aid in order to prevent infection -
Penicillin
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin -
Salk
Salk discovers polio vaccine -
Smallpox Eradicated
WHO declares smallpox completely eradicated -
AZT
AZT is used to combat AIDS -
Period: to
21st Century
-
Sterile Maggots
Steve Thomas used sterile maggots to treat infectious wounds -
Gardasil
Gardasil, which is a vaccine preventing cervical cancer, is approved by the FDA -
Embryonic Stem Cells
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells -
MIPPA
MIPPA provides incentives for practitioners that use electronic health records and e-prescribing -
Artificial Kidney
The FDA approves the first human clinical trials in the United States for a wearable artificial kidney
