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Period: 500 to
Medical History
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
The Middle ages
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Aug 1, 1300
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
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Sep 10, 1350
Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill
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Sep 10, 1400
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
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Use of scientific method begins.
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Human anatomical studies allows
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Printing press allows for publication of discoveries
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Robert Hooke reflective microscope
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Discovery of bood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
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Edward Jenner discoverd 1st vaccination
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Robert Koch discovers pathogens
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Rubber gloves were used in surgery to be more sterile
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Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
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Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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First HMO insurance
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Salk discovers polio vaccine
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Managed health care; growth in uninsured
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Rhazes discover difference between smallpox and measles
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Medical Care becomes regulated