Medical Investigation 1

  • 500

    Galen & Tracheotomy

    Galen discovered and practiced tracheotomy on animals.
  • Period: 500 to

    Medical History

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Sep 8, 1140

    Roger of Sicily

    Roger of Sicily
    Roger of Sicily forbade anyone from practicing medicine without a license.
  • Sep 8, 1289

    Montpellier Medical School

    Montpellier Medical School
    At Montpellier, people with medical licenses could teach there regardless of religion or background.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Sep 8, 1300

    Black Death

    Black Death
    A deadly plague began to occur, killing millions in Europe and Asia. It was transmitted from rodents and fleas. It caused fevers and swelling of the lymph glands.
  • Sep 8, 1494

    Syphilis

    It was a disease that broke out among the French troops who were beseiging the Naples.
  • Sep 8, 1543

    Andreas Vesalius

    Andreas Vesalius
    He was a professor at the University of Padua that published an accurate representation of the human body.
  • Scientific Method

    The scientific method was invented and used.
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke
    Robert Hooke invented a reflective microscope.
  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
    He describes bacteria.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • First Vaccination

    First Vaccination
    Edward Jenner discovers the first vaccination.
  • Cholera

    Cholera
    50,000 people die from the outbreak of cholera.
  • Public Health Act

    Public Health Act
    Smaller towns changed their sanitation due to Chadwick's discovery and the pressure by the health of towns association.
  • Discovery of Germs

    Discovery of Germs
    Louis Pasteur discovered germs which helped in finding the causes of diseases.
  • Radioactivity

    Radioactivity
    Marie Curie discovers the science of radioactivity.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • First Human Heart Transplant

    First Human Heart Transplant
    Dr. Christiaan Barnard, a South African heart surgeon, preformed the first human heart transplant.
  • Test-Tube Baby

    The first test-tube baby is born in the UK.
  • Artificial Kidney Dialysis Machine

    Artificial Kidney Dialysis Machine
    Willem J. Kolff invented the artificial kidney dialysis machine.
  • Embryonic Stem Cells

    Scientists discovered how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
  • Ebola

    An outbreak of ebola happened in Africa, killing more than 10,000 people.
  • Rhazes Smallpox and Measles

    Rhazes Smallpox and Measles
    A man named Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi became the first person to discover a diagnostic differentiation of Smallpox and Measles.