Medical History Timeline

By zachjesse
  • Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1400

    Dark and Middle Ages

    1.Study of medical sciences stopped for over 1000 years
    2. Medicine only practiced in convents and monastaries.
    3. used herbal medicine
    4.There were many plagues and epidemics

  • First United States President

    First United States President
    George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States.

  • Democratic Party Formed

    Democratic Party Formed
    The democratic party was founded in 1792 by Thomas Jefferson.

  • Smallpox Vaccine

    Smallpox Vaccine
    Edward Jenner developed smallpox vaccine in 1796.

  • Thomas Jefferson Took Office

    Thomas Jefferson Took Office
    The day that Thomas Jefferson was inagurated into the white house.

  • Stethoscope Invented

    Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope which is used to measure your heart beat.

  • Republican Party Founded

    Republican Party Founded
    The republican party was founded in 1854 by anti slavery activists.

  • Founded American Red Cross

    Founded American Red Cross
    Clara Barton founded the american red crosss in 1881.

  • First Rabies Vacine

    First Rabies Vaccine developed by Louis Pasteur in 1882.

  • First Contact Lens

    In 1887 was the year when the first contact lens was developed.

  • x-ray discovered

    x-ray discovered
    William Roentgen discovered how to take x-rays in 1895.

  • Development of Aspirin

    Felix Hoffman developes aspirin for the first time.

  • Discovered Different Blood Types

    Discovered Different Blood Types
    Karl Landsteiner discovered the different blood types in 1901.

  • Isolated Radium

    Isolated Radium
    Marie Curie isolated radium for x rays in 1910

  • Band Aide

    Band Aide developed by Earle Dickson.

  • Insulin for Diabetes

    In 1922 insulin was first used to treat diabetes.

  • Discovered Penicillan

    Discovered Penicillan
    Sir Alexander Flemming discover penicilin on accident in 1928.

  • Prohibition Ended

    Prohibition Ended
    This was the date that eighteenth ammendment was repealed by the twenty first.

  • First Cardiac Pacemaker

    In 1950 John Hopps invented the cardiac pacemaker.

  • Developed Polio Vacine

    Developed Polio Vacine
    Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine in 1952.

  • Assasination of John F. Kennedy

    Assasination of John F. Kennedy
    This was the day that John F. Kennedy was assasinated.

  • Heart Transplant

    Heart Transplant
    Christian Barnard performed the first succesfull heart transplant.

  • Cat Scans Developed

    First cat scans were developed by Robert Ledley in 1975.

  • Pneumonia Vaccine

    In 1977 the first Pneumonia Vaccine was developed.

  • Louise Brown

    Louise Brown
    First testube baby

  • First Vaccine developed for Meningitis

    This was the first time that a vaccine was ever developed for Meningitis.

  • HIV Virus Identified

    The HIV virus was identified that is known to caus aids.

  • Artificial Kidney Dialysis Machine Developed

    The artificial kidney dialysis machine was developed by willem Kolff.

  • First Vaccine For Heppatitis A

    In 1992 the first Heppatitis A vaccine was developed.

  • First Clone

    Dolly the sheep bacomes the first ever clone.

  • Attack on American Soil

    Attack on American Soil
    America was attacted resulting in the collapse of the twin towers and the pentagon being hit, and aslo with the result of a couple flights being hijacked.;

  • First Vaccine To Target A Cause Of Cancer

    In 2006 the a vaccine targeted a cause of cancer for the first time.

  • First African Amercan President Took Office

    First African Amercan President Took Office
    In January of 2009 Barrack Obama took office for the first time and also was the first black president.