Galen clarified the anatomy of the trachea and was the first to demonstrate that the larynx generates the voice.
Period: 200 to
Medical Timeline
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
MIddle Ages
Jan 1, 1300
Islamic hostpitals; health care for the sick.
Oct 10, 1347
n the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China.
Jan 1, 1350
medicine in the middle ages was dominated by religion.
Period: Jan 1, 1350 to
Renaissance
Jan 1, 1390
FrenchWomen Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but it is denied.
Jan 1, 1400
The Black Death held a massive mortality rate of between 30 and 40%.
Use of Scientific mehtod begins.
Surgery was practiced mostly by barbers, who used the same tools for both trades
Robert Hooke - reflective microscope
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria.
Francis Bacon ises microscope to discover plague fleas.
Edward Jenner develops a method to protect people from smallpox by exposing them to the cowpox virus.
Period: to
Industrial Revoultion
First vaccine for cholera.
Emil von Behring discovers antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccine.
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity.
Dr. Paul Dudley White becomes one of America's first cardiologists, a doctor specializing in the heart and its functions, and a pioneer in use of the electrocardiograph, exploring its potential as a diagnostic tool
Period: to
Modern World
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
Salk discovers polio vaccine.
First hmo insurance.
AZT is used to combat aids.
An electronic cigarette personal vaporizer or electronic nicotine delivery system is a battery-powered vaporizer which simulates tobacco smoking by producing an aerosolthat resembles smoke.
Rhazes discoerved difference between smallpox and measles.
