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Period: 500 to
The History of Medicine
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 1000
Regulation
Medical care becomes regulated -
Jan 1, 1300
Islamic Hospitals
Islamic Hospitals; health care for the sick -
Jan 1, 1350
Christian Monasteries
Christian Monasteries founded to treat the ill -
Jan 1, 1400
Jacoba Felicie
Jacoba Felicie, a frenchwoman, tries to practice medicine but is denied. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
The Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1439
Printing Press
The printing press is first invented -
Jan 1, 1514
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius was born; he would later be considered the father of anatomy. -
Scientific Method
The use of the scientific method begins -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hook creates the first reflective microscope -
Antoni van Leeuwnhoek
Antone van Leeuwnhoek describes bacteria -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Discoveries
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope. -
Vaccinations
The first vaccination is discovered -
Pathogens
Pathogens are first discovered -
John Snow
John Snow stops outbreak of cholera -
Marie Curie
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity -
Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming descovers penicillin -
Insurance
First HMO Insurance -
Salk
Salk discovers polio vaccine -
Smallpox Eraddicated
The World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated -
Gardasil
Gardasil creates a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA -
Rhazes
Rhazes dicovered difference between small pax and measles
