Medical History Timeline

By rachelkarcher
  • 100

    Egyptians 3500-500 BCE the earliest people to keep accurate records

  • 3500- 500 BCE Splinted Fractures
    100

    3500- 500 BCE Splinted Fractures

  • 100

    400 BCE Hippocrates The father of medicine.He wrote the code of ethics for physicains called the Hippocratic Oath.

    The father of medicine.
    He wrote the code of ethics for physicains called the Hippocratic Oath.
  • Dark Ages,the study of medicine stop for about 1000 years
    400

    Dark Ages,the study of medicine stop for about 1000 years

  • 400

    Dark Middle ages 400-1400 used Herbal Medicine

  • Jan 1, 1400

    The Renaissance, the rebirth of science Medical schools were built

  • William Harvey, described the circulation of blood and pumping of blood

  • Anton Von Leeuwenhoek, invented the microscope

    Anton Von Leeuwenhoek, invented the microscope

  • Gabriel Fahrenheit, created the first mercury thermometer

    Gabriel Fahrenheit, created the first mercury thermometer

  • Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person.

    invented bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person.

  • Edward Jenner, developed a vaccine for smallpox

  • Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope

    invented the stethoscope

  • Elizabeth Blackwell, first qualifed women doctor in the U.S.

  • Gregory Mendel, established the patterns of heredity

    Gregory Mendel, established the patterns of heredity

  • Joesph Lister, began using disnfectants during surgery

  • Louis Pasteur, began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria

  • Clara Barton, founded the American Red Cross

    Clara Barton, founded the American Red Cross

  • Willam Roentgen, Discovered X-rays

    Willam Roentgen, Discovered X-rays

  • Marie Currie, Isolated radium

  • Sir Alexander Fleming, discovered penicillin

    Sir Alexander Fleming, discovered penicillin

  • Jonas Salk, developed the polio vaccine

  • Christian Barnard, performed the worlds first heart transplant

  • Louis Brown, the very first test tube baby born

  • Tissue Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of a original