Med Timeline

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 659

    Teeth

    Teeth
    The first use of a substance for tooth fillings.
  • 754

    Pharamacy

    Pharamacy
    The very first pharmacy was established.
  • 1242

    Heart

    Heart
    ibn an-Nafis suggested that the right and left vertricles of the heart are separated and discovered the Pulmonary.
  • 1249

    Convex lens

    Convex lens
    Roger Bacon writes about convex lens spectacles for treating long-sightedness.
  • 1275

    systematic

    The first human dissection
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1489

    Corpse

    The first dye section of the Corpse.
  • 1500

    C- Section

    C- Section
    The Cesarean section was invented by Jacob Nufer.
  • 1543

    The Fabric of the Human Body

    The Fabric of the Human Body
    Andres Vesalius published The Fabric of the Human body.
  • Microscope

    Microscope
    Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope.
  • Bacteria

    Bacteria
    The observation of bacteria started.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Sir Humphrey

    Sir Humphrey
    Sir Humphrey discovered chlorine and iodine.
  • Stethoscope

    Stethoscope
    Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope
  • Transfussion

    Transfussion
    The discovery of the transfusion of the human blood
  • Chloroform

    Chloroform
    Chloroform is used as an anesthetic by James Simpson.
  • X-Rays

    X-Rays
    Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovers X-Rays.
  • Period: to

    Modern World Starts

  • Pertussis

    Pertussis
    The first vaccine invented for Pertussis which is also called whopping cough.
  • Kidneys

    Kidneys
    The first artificial kidney machine was made.
  • Cardiac Pacemaker

    Cardiac Pacemaker
    Paul Zoll devolved the first Cardiac Pacemaker to control irregular heartbeats.
  • Polio

    Polio
    Jonas Salk develops the first polio disease.
  • Meningitis

    Meningitis
    The first Vaccine for Meningitis.
  • Period: to

    21st Century Starts

  • Face Transplant

    Face Transplant
    The very first face transplant by Jean Michel Dubernard.
  • Vacine for Cancer

    Vacine for Cancer
    First vaccine to target a cause of cancer.
  • Leg Transplant

    Leg Transplant
    The very first leg transplant was invented.
  • Kidneys

    Kidneys
    The first kidney was grown in vitro in the U.S.
  • Liver

    Liver
    The first human liver was grown from the stem cells.