Medical History

By hannahdanczyk
  • Jan 1, 1000

    First school of medicine established

    First school of medicine established
  • Jan 1, 1200

    First strict measures for control of public hygiene instituted

    First strict measures for control of public hygiene instituted
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Fist dissection of human corpse

    Fist dissection of human corpse
  • Jan 1, 1400

    First recorded regulations for mid-wives

  • Period: Jan 1, 1490 to Jan 1, 1505

    Leonardo da Vinci used dissection to draw the human body

  • Invention of the mircoscope

    Invention of the mircoscope

  • Blood Circulation first described

    Blood Circulation first described

  • First law requiring licensed medical practitioners

  • Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox

  • First practical anesthetic introduced

    First practical anesthetic introduced

  • Elizabeth Blackwell first women to qualify as a doctor

  • Louis Pasteur began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria

  • Invention of the stethoscope

  • Period: to

    Civil War

  • Germ Theory introduced

  • Clara Barton founded the Red Cross

  • Rabies vaccine discovered

    Rabies vaccine discovered

  • William Roentgen discovered X-Rays in 1895

  • Marie Curie isolated radium in 1910

  • Period: to

    World War 1

  • Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

    Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
  • Period: to

    World War 2

  • Jonas Salk develops Polio vaccine in 1952

  • First bith control pill introduced

  • Christan Barnard performs first open heart suergy

  • Wilhem Roentgen discovered X-rays

  • Louise Brown Born

  • Aids is identifed

    Aids is identifed