Medical History Timeline

By Meglorbs
  • 400

    The Father Medicine

    Greeks began the study of disease, Hippocrates is The Father of Medicine.
  • Period: 400 to

    Dark ages

    Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medecine was prohibited.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    The Renaissance

    Physicians and scholars began to scientifically study medicine.
    -Medical schools were built.
  • Jan 1, 1436

    Invention of Printing Press

    Invented during The Renaissance by Johannes Gutenberg
  • Invention of the first microscope

    Invention of the first microscope

    Invented by Anton Von Leewenhoek

  • Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart

    Described by William Harvey
  • Created the first mercury thermometer

    Created the first mercury thermometer

    Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer in 1714
  • Period: to

    Revolutionary War

  • Invented bifocals

    Invented bifocals

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

  • Developed a vaccine for smallpox

    Developed by Edward Jenner
  • Invention or Stethoscope

    Invention or Stethoscope

    Invented by Rene Laennec
  • Identified cause of maternal infections

    Identified cause of maternal infections

    Ignas Semmelweiss identified the cause of maternal infections and instituted hand washing.

  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    First woman to qualify as a doctor
  • Period: to

    Civil War

  • Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery

    Joseph Lister began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery.

  • Established the patterns of heredity

    Established by Gregory Mendel
  • Founded the American Red Cross

    Founded the American Red Cross

    Founded by Clara Barton

  • Discovered x-rays

    Willhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays

  • Isolated radium

    Marie Curie Isolated radium
  • Period: to

    World war 1

  • Discovered penicillin

    discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming
  • Period: to

    World War 2

  • Developed Polio vaccine

    Jonas Salk developed polio vaccine

  • created oral polio vaccine

    Albert Sabin created the oral polio vaccine, which was more effective than Salk's vaccine.

  • Christian Barnard

    performed the worlds first hear transplant surgery.

  • Use of gene therapy

    Gene therapy is the process of genes into an individual's cells and tissues to treat a disease, and hereditary disease in particular.
  • Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria

    Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria

    Louis Pasteur began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
  • Found a vaccine for rabies

    Found a vaccine for rabies

    In 1885 Louis Pasteur found a rabies vaccine and proved that microorganisms caused disease.