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500
Galen; tracheotomy
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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 healthcare for the sick
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
The Renaissance
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Jan 22, 1350
Human anotomical studies allowed
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Jan 1, 1400
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
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Use of scientific methos begins
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Robert Hooke- reflective microscope
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
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Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination
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Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
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Joseph Lister- Practice of medical asepsis
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Ignaz Semmeliweis shows importance of hand washing
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John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
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Marie Curie discovers science fo radioactivity
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Period: to
Modern World
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First HMO insurance
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Salk discovers polio vaccine
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
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FDA approved implanteed AbioCorartificial hart placed ina patient
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Rhazes discovered defference between smallpox and measels
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Medical care became regulated