Medical History

By Malina Szyndlar
  • 500 BCE

    Veins and arteries

    Veins and arteries
    Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries.
  • 280 BCE

    Nervous System

    Herophilus studies the nervous system
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 1300

    Barber Surgeons

    Barber Surgeons
    Barbers that preformed surgerys. Barber Surgeons. They would set broken bones, wound care, herbal remedies, tooth pulling. Sometimes the procedures were the entertainment at the local state fair. Source:https://blog.myheritage.com/2016/10/extinct-professions-barber-surgeon/
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1305

    Eyeglasses

    Nobody is quite sure who made eyeglasses to correct vision.
  • Oct 1, 1347

    The Black Plague

    The Black Plague
    The black plague was a terrible thing to go through in Europe. The black plague originated in Asia and made its way into Europe by carrying on disease from fleas on rats. The Black Plague killed over 20 million people in Great Britain in 3 years time. Source:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-two-mutations-turned-not-so-deadly-bacteria-mass-murdering-one-180955816/
  • 1355

    Abraham of Aragon

    Abraham specialized in diseases in the eye. He was requested by Alphonse Capet to treat him and his brother. When he cured them he was asked to present the cure to the court that banned physicians. He was a Jewish physician.
  • 1390

    Red Book of Hergest

    Red Book of Hergest
    The "Red book of Hergest" is about medical treatments with herbs. This is the most famous medical book from the Middle Ages. Source:https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323533.php
  • 1489

    Autopsy

    Autopsy is the examination of a deceased to determine the cause of death. This is still used today.

  • Microscope

    Zachariah Jansen invented the microscope to see living things in our water, and under our noses.

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey was the first person to describe the human circulatory system correctly, and describe blood properties and how the heart pumps the blood through the heart. Source:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776239/

  • Blood Cells

    Blood Cells were first discovered by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Stethoscope

    The first Stethoscope is invented.

  • Prospetic Leg

    Prospetic Leg
    The first prosthetic leg was made in the Resonance period. This replaced wooden peg legs.

  • Germs

    Bacteria was first advised as a germ by Louis Pasteur.

  • Vaccine

    The first vaccination against rabies

  • Rubber Gloves

    The First Rubber Gloves are used in surgery.

  • Aspirin

    Aspirin is first developed by Felix Hoffman.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Zora Janzekovic

    She started the treatment of burn wounds.

  • Band-Aids

    Band-Aids were first invented by Earle Dickson.

  • Vaccine for Influenza

    The first vaccination for Influenza came out in 1945.

  • Small Pox

    Small Pox is completely eradicated

  • Brain Abnormalities

    Brain abnormalities are linked with abuse and neglect.
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Cancer

    Cancer
    There is a vaccine made to target cancer.

  • Artificial Kidneys

    The FDA approved a clinical trial of artificial kidneys to be worn.

  • Artificial Limbs

    The first artificial limb was recorded a success.