Medical History

By kelsimattmiller
  • Jan 1, 1489

    Leonardo De vinci

    dissects body

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    discovered blood cells

  • Developed vaccine for small pox

  • Rene Laennec

    invents the stethoscope

  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell
    First woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence Nightangale to pursue nursing.

  • Louis Pasteur

    identifies germs as cause of disease

  • First vaccine developed for cholera

  • American Red Cross founded

  • Clara Barton

    Clara Barton
    Founded the American Red Cross

  • Vaccine developed by rabies

  • Discovered x-rays

    Discovered x-rays

  • Felix Hoffman

    develops aspirin

  • Marie Curie

    Marie Curie
    Isolated radium

  • Pasteur

    Insulin first used to treat diabetes

  • First Vaccine discovered for whooping cough

  • First vaccine developed for tetanus.

  • Alexander Fleming

    Alexander Fleming
    Discovered penicillin

  • Jonas Stalk

    Jonas Stalk
    Developed polio vaccine

  • Christian Barnard

    Christian Barnard
    Performed first heart surgery.

  • Christiaan Barnard

    performs first heart transplant

  • Robert S. Ledley

    invented CAT scans

  • Louise Brown

    first test tube baby

  • Willem J. Kolff

    invented the artificial kidney dialysis machine

  • first vaccine to target a cause of cancer