Medical History Timeline

By Kyounce
  • 3100 BCE

    Tools

    Tools
    The egypians used tools like scissors, the scalpel, and foreceps to perform surgery.
  • Period: 3100 BCE to 395

    Ancient Egyptians

  • 3000 BCE

    Medicine

    Ancient Egyptians had advance knowledge of anatomy and surgery. They could treat diseases like dental, gynecological, gastrointestinal, and urinary
  • 2700 BCE

    Priests as Doctors

    The first to practice medicine were priests. The Great Physician, Imhotep was raised to the status of the God of Medicine after his death.
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 221 BCE

    Ancient China

  • 1522 BCE

    Yang Jizhou

    Yang Jizhou
    Yang Jizhou was famous for acupuncture and moxibustion during the Ming Dynasty.
  • 1500 BCE

    Tools

    The ancient chinese mostly used herbs for healing. They also delved into movement and concentration excercises, massage, and acupuncture.
  • Period: 800 BCE to 500 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

  • Period: 625 BCE to 476

    Ancient Romans

  • 616 BCE

    Public hygiene and Sanitation

    The ancient romans recognized the importance of hygiene. They maintained sanitation, public health, and well-being.
  • 470 BCE

    The Birth of Modern Medicine

    Hippocrates believed that medicine should be based on by detailed observation, reason, and clinical experience.
  • 460 BCE

    Hippocrates

    Hippocrates
    Known as the Father of Modern medicine
  • 129

    Aelius Galenus/ Claudius Galenus

    Aelius Galenus/ Claudius Galenus
    A famous surgeon, physician, and philsopher. He worked for many members of Roman society and was a doctor for former emperors.
  • Period: 476 to 1000

    Dark Ages

  • Period: 500 to 1500

    Middle Ages

  • 600

    Superstition

    People in the middle ages believed diseases were caused due to spirits.
  • 600

    Diseases

    Many diseases were common in the middle ages, like malaria, flu, smallpox, and so much more.
  • 1346

    Plague Doctors

    Plague Doctors
    Plague doctors help treat the bubonic plague in Europe.
  • 1356

    Quarantine

    Quarantine
    Quarantines helped stopped the spread of the bubonic plague.
  • Period: 1400 to

    Renaissance

  • 1500

    Advances

    During the renaissance, they used the scientific method and observation to advance more in medicine.
  • 1578

    William Harvey

    William Harvey
    William was an English physician, he was the first to describe the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped into the brain and body by the heart.
  • Period: to

    16th and 17th Century

  • Barbershops

    Some minor surgeries were done in barbershops.

  • The first blood transfusion

    The first blood transfusion was successfully performed.
  • Period: to

    18th century

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner
    created the first vaccine in the late 17th century

  • Implication of Immunization

    In the 18th century, the incorporation of immunization helped prevent diseases.
  • Period: to

    19th Century

  • Hermann Von Helmholtz

    Hermann Von Helmholtz
    Hermann Von Helmholtz created the Ophthalmoscope. Allowing physicians to examine inside the human eye.

  • Vaccination

    Vaccines became more known in the late 18th century.

  • X-rays

    Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the x-ray.