Medical Investigations 1

By meghenry
  • 500

    Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries

    Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries
  • Period: 500 to

    HIstory of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Sep 10, 1010

    Avicenna writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Sep 10, 1300

    Islamic hospitals offer health care for the sick

    Islamic hospitals offer health care for the sick
  • Sep 10, 1490

    Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses

    Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses
  • Sep 10, 1493

    Paracelsus pioneered the use of mineral and chemical remedies

    Paracelsus pioneered the use of mineral and chemical remedies
  • Sep 10, 1500

    Girolamo Fracastoro named the disease syphilis

  • Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope

    Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Sir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek observes bacteria.

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek observes bacteria.

  • Giacomo Pylarini gives the first smallpox vaccinations

    Giacomo Pylarini gives the first smallpox vaccinations

  • Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups

  • Edward Mellanby discovers that lack of vitamin D in the diet causes rickets

    Edward Mellanby discovers that lack of vitamin D in the diet causes rickets

  • Insulin first used to treat diabetes.

  • First vaccine developed for whooping cough

  • First vaccine developed for tetanus.

    First vaccine developed for tetanus.

  • Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles