Med 1 Block 2

By parker_norton
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299

    Middle Ages

  • Sep 10, 900

    Rhazes

    Rhazes
    Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox.
  • Sep 10, 950

    Regulation

    Medical care becomes regulated and controlled.
  • Sep 10, 1010

    Avicenna

    Avicenna
    He writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine
  • Sep 10, 1020

    First Eye Surgery

    Ammar ibn `Ali al-Mawsili performs the first successful eye surgery with a needle.
  • Sep 10, 1250

    Magnifying Glass

    The first magnifying glass is constructed;the first usable design.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Sep 10, 1300

    Hospitals and Health Care

    Islamic hospitals for the sick appear. The first Health Care becomes available for the sick.
  • Sep 8, 1543

    Correction

    Correction
    Andreas Vesalius writes the De Fabrica Corporis Humani a book which corrects Greek medical errors and revolutionized European medicine

  • Scientific Mehtod

    The first use of the Scientific Method is noticed and still used today.

  • Printing Press

    The printing press was discovered. This allowed the publication of discoveries, so they could be available to the public.

  • The Microscope

    The Microscope
    Robert Hooke creates the first reflective microscope.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Smallpox Inoculations

    The first Smallpox Inoculations are given in Europe.

  • Scurvy Prevention

    Scurvy Prevention
    James Lind discovers that citrus fruit prevents scurvy.

  • Painless

    The first painless surgery is performed a general anesthetic.

  • First Female

    First Female
    Elizabeth Blackwell is the first woman in the United States to gain a medical degree.

  • Chlorea

    The first vaccine is discovered for Cholorea.

  • X-ray and medical imaging

    Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discovers the the X-ray and the uses and advantages of them.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Blood Types

    Blood Types
    Karl Landsteiner discovers the existence of different human blood types and how they effect each individual.

  • Yellow Fever

    The first vaccine becomes available for Yellow Fever.

  • Portable Defibrillator

    Portable Defibrillator
    Frank Pantridge installs the first portable defibrillator.

  • Separation of Twins

    Separation of Twins
    Ben Carson, was the first to separate occipital craniopagus twins.

  • HPV

    The first HPV vaccine is approved.

  • Liver from Stem Cells

    The first human liver was grown from stem cells in Japan.