Medical History

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  • Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Artist who used dissection to draw the human body
  • Period: Apr 1, 1578 to

    William Harvey

    Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart
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    Gabriel Fahrenheit

    Created the first mercury thermometer
  • Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox

    Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox

  • Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope

    Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope

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    Ignas Semmelweiss

    Identified the cause of maternal infections and instituted hand washing. Medical students would deliver babies after coming from the cadaver lab without washing their hands, causing the death of many newborn babies and mothers.
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    Florence Nightengale

    Founder of modern nursing
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    Gregory Mendel

    Established the patterns of heredity
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    Loius Pasteur

    Began pasteruizing milk to kill bacteria
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    Joseph Lister

    Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery

  • First practical anesthetic, ether, introducted

  • Period: to

    Robert Koch

    Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens

  • Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence Nightingale to pursue nursing.

  • Dorthea Dix appointed Superintendent of Female nurses of army

    Dorthea Dix appointed Superintendent of Female nurses of army

  • Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross

  • Rabies vaccine discovered

  • William Roentgen discovered X-rays

    William Roentgen discovered X-rays

  • Asprin becomes the most popular drug of all time

    Asprin becomes the most popular drug of all time

  • Clara Barton Isolated Radium

  • Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

    Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

  • Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act expanded

    expanded the government's power to fight problems such as an upsurge of cheap, easy-to-get medical discoveries, which were promoted at the expense of reputable medicine
  • Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine

    Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine

  • Francis Crick & James Watson described the structure of DNA

    ...and how it carries genetic information.

  • The first heart-lung machine used for open-heart surgery

  • Joseph Murray performed the fir successful kidney transplant

  • Birth control pill introduced

    Birth control pill introduced

  • Christian Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant surgery

    Christian Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant surgery

  • Lous Brown

    Lous Brown

    First successful test-tube baby born in Great Britain.

  • Aids is first named

  • Dr. William DeVries implanted the first artificial heart, the Jarvik-7

  • Scientists clone sheep