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1816 BCE
Stethoscope
The first stethoscope was invented by using a long, rolled paper tube to funnel the sound from a patients chest to the doctors ear. -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 659
Dental Amalgams
Derived from China; Creation of Amalgams for dental procedures. Tooth fillings were made of silver and tin. -
Jan 1, 754
Pharmacies
Pharmacists prepared compound medications as prescribed and ordered by the prescribing physician. Pharmacies greatly aided the development of knowledge about drugs and how they could be made. -
Jan 1, 800
Leech Therapy
Leech therapy was used for bloodletting, a practice used to cure fevers, headaches, and serious illnesses. Today, leeches are used to stimulate blood circulation after graphs and reconstruction surgery. -
Jan 1, 872
Hospitals: Islamic Empire
Due to religion, it was the Islamic belief to treat the ill regardless of their background or ability to pay. This led to the rise of hospitals. -
Jan 1, 925
Rhazes
Advanced urine analysis and studied function and diseases of the kidneys. Recommendations for how to prevent Calculi are still in use today. -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1347
Black Death
The disease was carried and distributed by rats. Led to the death of 75-200 million individuals. -
Jan 1, 1497
Jean Fernell
Jean Fernell was a French Physician who introduced the term "physiology" to describe the study of the body's function. Fernell was the first to discover the spinal cord. -
Jan 1, 1504
Charles Estienne
Researched the structure of the nervous system, and developed the idea of a canal that runs through the entire spinal cord. -
Jan 1, 1514
Andreas Vesalius
Vesalius wrote on of the most influential books regarding human anatomy. He closely observed the construction of the human body. -
Flavivirus
Carried and transferred by insects. This caused severe diseases such as yellow fever, dengue, tick-borne encephalitis , etc. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
Edwards Jenner created a vaccine for smallpox. Cowpox blisters protected people from smallpox. -
Typhoid Fever
Typhoid fever was a predominant disease that killed many. It was caused by salmonella and it spread through food and water contaminated with feces. -
Joseph Lister
A surgeon who introduced the new idea of cleanliness which led to antiseptic surgery. -
X-Ray
Discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. This doctor worked with a cathode-ray tube in his laboratory. He then observed a glow of crystals on a table and concluded that a ray was being emitted by the tube. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Iron Lung
The Iron Lung was many times used to treat patients with polio who were unable to breathe after the virus paralyzed muscle groups in the chest. -
Polio Outbreak
Polio was a highly infectious disease caused by polio-virus. The disease could cause paralysis or result in death. It enters the environment in the feces of someone who is infected. -
Dialysis
Called the "artificial" kidney, Dr. Willem Kolff had the idea of developing a machine to clean blood after watching a patient suffer from kidney failure. -
Jonas Edward Salk
American Medical Researcher and virologist who discovered one of the first successful polio vaccines. He determined that there were three distinct types of polio viruses. -
Kidney Transplant
The first successful transplant operation. A kidney was removed from one donor and implanted into the body of his identical twin. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas
Developed the use of sterile maggots in order to treat wounds that could potentially become infectious. -
Artificial Knee
Ossur Corporation created a microprocessor controlled knee that adapts to Terrain and permits many more physical activities that could once not be done. -
3D Printed Body Parts
3D printed body parts enabled researchers to print body parts by using bio-printing. This technological advancement, for example, allows cells to be copied. -
Ebola
Ebola is a rare and deadly disease in people and non-human primates. Ebola is spread through direct contact. The side effects include: severe bleeding, organ failure, and can lead to death. -
Gene Therapy
Gene therapy made a major breakthrough in 2017. It is the process of modifying someones DNA to treat disease, rather than treating the symptoms like most drugs on the market.
