Medical History Timeline

By jackbahling
  • 167

    Circumcisions

    The surgical removal of the foreskin from the human penis.
  • 300

    Aqueducts

    The Romans constructed numerous aqueducts to bring water from distant sources into their cities and towns, supplying public baths, latrines, fountains and private households.
  • 300

    Setting Bones

    Examples of healed fractures in prehistoric human bones, suggesting setting and splinting have be found in the archeological record.
  • 300

    Hippocrates

    Father of medicine
  • 300

    Greeks

    One of the first groups of medical people.
  • 300

    Babylonians

    One of the first medically known people.
  • 310

    Faith Healing

    Faith Healing
    Faith healing is healing purportedly through spiritual means.
  • 332

    Egyptians

    The first medically known people.
  • 340

    Demons

    Greeks believed that there were demons that were making the people sick.
  • 350

    Eliminating the evil spirits

    Greeks believed that pouring holy water on people would take away the sickness of demons.
  • 420

    Evil Spirits

    Greeks believed that evil spirits were making people sick.
  • 430

    Public Doctor Offices

    A signal event in the Roman medical community was the construction of the first Aesculapium in the city of Rome
  • 430

    Typhoid Fever

    Typhoid Fever
    A common worldwide bacterial disease transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person
  • 460

    Tuberculosis

    Tuberculosis
    Typically attacks the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body.
  • 460

    Leprosy

    Leprosy
    It is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract.
  • 500

    Disease

    The first disease was announced.
  • Oct 9, 670

    Code of ethics

    This was a guideline that all doctors followed.
  • Oct 9, 735

    Sewers

    The Romans had a complex system of sewers covered by stones, much like modern sewers.
  • Oct 9, 1494

    Venereal Diseases

    Venereal Diseases
    Sexually Tranmitted Diseases
  • Oct 9, 1500

    Herbel Remedies

    The study and use of medicinal properties of plants.
  • Oct 9, 1529

    Measels

    Measels
    Is an infection of the respiratory system caused by a virus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus.

  • Acupuncture

    A collection of procedures involving penetration of the skin with needles to stimulate certain points on the body.

  • Malaria

    Malaria
    A mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans

  • Arthritis

    Arthritis
    Is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints.