Med 1 Block6

By caramoritz
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299

    Middle Ages

  • Sep 6, 900

    Rhazes

    Rhazes
    Persian doctor who discovered difference between measles and small pox.
  • Sep 8, 1084

    First Documented Hospital

    First documented hospital in England
  • Sep 8, 1249

    First Spectacles are Invented

    First Spectacles are Invented
    Roger Bacon invents the first spectacles
  • Sep 8, 1260

    First Hospital to Treat Eye Diseases

    Les Quinze-vingt was first a retreat for the blind but it then became established as the first hospital to treat eye diseases and still is a major hospital in Paris today.
  • Sep 8, 1275

    First Systematic Human Dissection Performed

    Mondino de Luzzi gave the first systematic human disscetion
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Sep 8, 1553

    Discovery of Blood Circulation through Lungs

    Miguel Serveto, discovered and described the blood flowing through the lungs and was accused of heresy and burned.
  • Sep 8, 1570

    Surgeon uses Lemon Juice to treat Scurvy

    Surgeon uses Lemon Juice to treat Scurvy
    John Woodall Ships Surgeon used lemon juice to treat scurvy.

  • Leg Vein Valve Discovery

    Girolamo Fabrici studied leg veins and discovered it only has valves which allow blood to only flow to the heart

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey
    By studying dogs this doctor discovered that the heart pumps blood around the body and discovered the heart has two beating halves.

  • Discovery of Blood Cells

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered blood cells.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • First Medical School in America

    First Medical School in America
    Philadelphia School of Medicine was founded and was the first medical school in America.

  • First Smallpox Vaccination

    First Smallpox vaccination was created by Edward Jenner.

  • Stethoscope is Invented

    First Stethoscope was invented by Rene Laennec

  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell
    America's first female to become a doctor

  • Vaccination to Rabies Was Discovered

    Rabies vaccination was discovered by Louis Pasteur
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    Modern World

  • James Carroll and Walter Reed

    James Carroll and Walter Reed
    James Carroll and Walter Reed were both army physicians that discovered Yellow Fever.

  • Discovery of the World's First Antibiotic

    Discovery of the World's First Antibiotic
    The worlds first antibiotic was discovered and it was pennicilin

  • Joseph E. Murray and Peter Bent Brigham

    The first surgeons to have a successful kidney transplant between two twin.

  • First Heart Transplant Preformed

    Dr Christiaan (Chris) Barnard preform the first human heart transplant.

  • First Vaccination for Pneumonia is Developed