Med. 1 Block 6

By blaquebrin
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299

    Middle Ages

  • Sep 8, 754

    Pharmacies

    Pharmacies
    Pharmacists combined medications and gave them to patients as proscribed by the proscribing physician.
  • Sep 6, 900

    Rhazes

    Persian doctor who discovered difference between measles and smallpox
  • Sep 8, 1201

    Hospitals

    Hospitals
    Places where patients could come and be treated for illnesses and other problems that required a doctor. First meant to be lodgings and car for the poor and or travelers.
  • Sep 8, 1201

    Cleaning Wounds

    The idea of cleaning the would an not leaving pus in the wound after surgery was thought of by surgeon Theodoric Borgognoni. He came up with an antiseptic and even a an anesthetic. He pre-soaked bandages in wine as a disinfectant.
  • Sep 8, 1277

    Quarantine

    When the Black Death surfaced authorities made ships wait 30 days before docking so that they could make sure that no one was infected the same was done for land travelers but their days were extended to 40.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Sep 8, 1471

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci dissected human bodies and drew them for several years.
  • Sep 8, 1525

    Andreas Vesalius

    Andreas Vesalius dissected human bodies for a living.

  • The First Microscope.

    The Dutchman Zacharius Jannssen created the first microscope.

  • First Telescope.

    Hans Lippershey created the first ever telescope.

  • Experimenting in Dogs.

    English architect Sir Christopher Wren is the first to administer medications intravenously by means of an animal bladder attached to a sharpened quill. Wren also experiments with canine blood transfusions
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • James Lind

    The Scottish naval surgeon discovered that citrus fruits prevent scurvy.

  • First successful HUma Blood Transfusion

    James Blundell a British obstetrician successfully performed the first human blood transfusion.

  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell is the very first woman to ever receive a medical degree.

  • First Rabies Vaccine

    Until this vaccine was created every case of rabies ended in death. Two French scientist Louis Pasteur and Émile Roux invented the first vaccine and was first successful after a 9 year old boy was bit by a rabid dog

  • Discovery of X-rays

    Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen German physicist made the discovering of x-rays
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Insulin

    Insulin was first used to treat diabetes.

  • Sir Alexander Fleming

    Scottish bacteriologist discovers penicillin.

  • HIV is identified

    HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is identified.

  • Breakthrough in Cancer;

    The success of a first-time experimental surgery will determine future availability for U.S. cancer patients and veterans with injuries to the pelvic region.

  • The First Artificial Kidney

    The FDA approves the first human clinical trials in the United States for a wearable artificial kidney designed by Blood Purification Technologies Inc. out of Beverly Hills, California.