Medical History

  • 500

    Bia Que

    first physician to use acupuncture
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 1000

    Eye Surgery

    Eye Surgery
  • 1020

    Eye Surgery

    first eye surgery was performed
  • 1084

    Hospital

    first documented hospital in england
  • 1200

    First Hosptal

    First Hosptal
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1500

    Gunshot Wound

    Gunshot Wound
  • 1510

    Gunshot Wound

    first treatment of gunshot wounds
  • 1540

    William Clowes

    invented surgical chest for military
  • Circulatory System

    Circulatory System
  • Circulatory System

    William Harvey discovers how the circulatory system works
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Small Pox Vaccine

    the small pox vaccine was discovered by benjamin waterhouse
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes

    Lived 1809-1894, he discovered the cause and prevention of the puerperal fever
  • Puerperal Fever

    Oliver Wendell Holmes identified the cause and prevention of this fever
  • Anesthesia

    John Collin demonstrated first use of this during a surgery
  • Puerperal Fever

    Puerperal Fever
  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Tetanus Vaccine

    vaccine for tetanus was invented
  • Tuberculosis Vaccine

    vaccine for tuberculosis
  • Hans Berger

    hans berger discoverd electroencephalography
  • Tetanus Wound

    Tetanus Wound
  • Polio

    Polio
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • HPV Vaccine

    first hpv vaccine was approved
  • Bionic Eye

    first bionic eye was created
  • Bionic Eye

    Bionic Eye
  • Laurent Lantieri

    laurent lantieri performed first successful full face transplant
  • Face Transplant

    Face Transplant