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Jan 1, 1249
Roger Bacon invented spectacles
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Jan 1, 1300
Human corpse was dissected for the first time
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Jan 1, 1450
Printing Press
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Jan 1, 1500
Medical schools were built
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Jan 1, 1500
First scientific study of human anatomy published
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Jan 1, 1543
Andreas Vesalius writes de humani corporus fabrica
the first work discussing the anatomy of the human body -
Zacharius Jannssen
Invented the microscope -
Thermometer invented by Galileo Galilei
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Blood circulation first described and bacteria was discovered
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Ben Franklin invented bifocals
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Revolutinary War
We became a state -
Edward Jenner
Developed vaccine for smallpox -
Louis Pasteur
Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria -
Elizabeth Blackwell
First woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence Nightingale to pursue nursing -
Civil War
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Clara Barton
Founded the American Red Cross -
Wilhelm Roentgen
Discovered x-rays -
Marie Curie
Isolated radium -
Sir Alexander Fleming
Discovered penicillin -
Jonas Salk
Developed the polio vaccine -
Christian Barnard
Performed the world's first heart transplant surgery -
FIrst test-tube baby was born
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Aids is named
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Rhazes
The first to identify smallpox,
