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Hippocrates
Hippocrates wrote the code of ethics for physicians called the Hippocratic Oath. -
Jan 1, 1400
The printing press
The priniting press made knowledge easier and faster to share. -
Jan 1, 1400
Rebirth of Science
The Rennaisance stimulated medical practice. Physicians and Scholars began to scientifically study medicine. -
Oct 2, 1493
Christopher Columbus' return from the new world
Christopher Columbus returns from his voyage from the new world and bring backs diseases to Spain, known as the Columbian Exchange. -
William Harvey
William Harvey explains the circulatory system. -
Dissections
Study of the body through dissection was finally accepted. This was how doctors learned about anatomy. -
Microscope
Anton Von Leeuwenhoek invents the microscope. -
Gabriel Farenheit
Created the first mercury thermometer. -
James Lind
James Lind discovers that citrus fruits prevent scurvy. -
The American Revolution
A political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century, which 13 colonies joined together to break away from the British Empire. -
Smallpox Vaccine
Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox. -
Rene Laennec
Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope -
James Blundell
James Blundell performs the first successful human blood transfusion. -
Florence Nightingale
The Found of Modern Nursing (Florence Nightingale) is born. -
Robert Koch
The father of microbiology (Robert Koch) was born. He discovered disease-causing organisms, such as anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera. -
Anaesthesia
First painless surgery using anaesthesia. -
First woman doctor
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. -
The Civil War
The North was fighting against the South over slavery rights and the South wanted to be their own nation. -
Louis Pasteur
Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria. -
Joseph Lister
Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery. -
The Red Cross
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. -
X-rays
William Roentgen discovers X-rays -
Aspirin
Aspirin is invented in Germany by Felix Hoffmann. -
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner discover the difference in blood types. -
Marie Curie
Isolated radium. -
World War One
World War One was between the Allies and the Central Powers over militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. -
Vaccines
First vaccine for tetanus. -
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. -
Introduction to nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons are first introduced to the United States. -
World War Two
A war between the Allies and the Axis powers over nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, and resentments resulting from the World War I and the interwar period in Europe, plus the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s -
Claude Beck
The difibulator is invented. -
Jonas Salk
Developed the polio vaccination. -
Heart transplant
Christian Barnard performs the world's first successful heart transplant. -
Louise Brown
Louise Brown was the first test-tube baby (Great Britain). -
James Thomson
Stem cell therapy. -
Obamacare
Represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. -
Gulf Oil Spill
It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The spill stemmed from a sea-floor oil gusher that resulted from the 20 April 2010 explosion of Deepwater Horizon. The explosion killed 11 men working on the platform and injured 17 others. -
Leo Itrosophist
Mathematician or Philosopher wrote "Epitome of Medicine".
