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