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200
Galen
Tracheotomy -
Period: 500 to
History of Medicine
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
The Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 1300
Islamic Hospitals
Islamic people started healthcare for the sick. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
The Renaissance
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Jan 23, 1350
Christian Monasteries
Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill. -
Jan 1, 1400
Jacoba Felicie
Tries to practice medicine, but is denied. -
Scientific method
Use of scientific method begins. -
Robert Hooke
Built one of the first reflecting microscopes. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Describes bactteria -
Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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Francis Bacon
uses microscope to discover plague fleas. -
Edward Jenner
Discovered 1st vaccination -
Louis Pasteur
Pastereuization of milk. -
Joseph Lister
Practice of medical asepsis. -
Robert Koch
Discovery of pathogens. -
Ignaz Semmelweis
Shows importance of hand washing. -
John Snow
Stops outbreak of cholera. -
Period: to
Modern times
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San Francisco
Bubonic plague hits San Francisco. -
Marie Curie
Descovers science of radioactivity. -
Alexander Fleming
Discovers penicillin -
HMO
first HMO insurance -
AZT
AZT is used to combat AIDS -
Steve Tomas
Used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment. -
Gardasil
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA. -
Rhazes
He discovered the difference between smallpox and measles.
