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Period: 500 to
History of Medicine
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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550
Barber-surgeons
Barber-surgeons cut hair, preform surgery; barber pole symbol popularized. -
Feb 3, 1000
Medical Care
Medical care becomes regulated. -
Feb 3, 1250
Treatment for ill
Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill. -
May 2, 1290
Jacoba Felicie
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renasissance
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Feb 3, 1400
Studies
Human anatomical studies allowed -
Feb 3, 1450
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas. -
Feb 3, 1550
Printing Press
Printing press alows for publication of discoveries -
Scientific Method
Scientific method begins -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke-- reflective telescope -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination -
John Snow
John Snow stops outbreak of cholera -
Robert Koch
Discovery of pathogens -
Discovery
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope -
Bubonic Plague
Bubonic Plague hits San Francisco -
Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming discovers penicilin -
Discovery
Discovery of organ transplant, X-rays, and radium for cancer treatment. -
Polio
Salk discovers polio vaccine -
Stem Cells
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells. -
Rhazes
Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles.
