Medical Investigations 1 By wassy Period: 500 to Sep 3, 2015 History of Medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 The Middle Ages Sep 8, 1253 School of Salerno was created by monks Sep 8, 1300 Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick middle ages Sep 8, 1348 Black death in England middle ages Sep 8, 1400 Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied middle ages Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Dec 31, 1699 Renaissance Sep 8, 1504 epidemic broke out among French troops: Syphilis Sep 8, 1600 Use of Scientific Method begins Sep 8, 1665 Robert Hooke-- reflective telescope Sep 8, 1673 Anotonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution Sep 8, 1700 Francis Bacon uses to discover plague fleas Sep 8, 1796 Edward Jenner discovered the 1st vaccination Sep 8, 1830 Typhoid outbreaks Sep 8, 1844 Health of Towns Association aimed for improving public health Sep 8, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera Sep 8, 1883 Robert Koch discovers cholera germ Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Sep 3, 2015 Modern Times Sep 8, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Sep 8, 1952 Salk discovers polio vaccine Sep 8, 2006 Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA Sep 8, 2008 MIPPA provides incentives for practitioners who use elecrronic health records and e-prescribing Jun 24, 2009 The first FDA approved impanted AbioCor artificial heart placed in a patient on June 24. Patient died August 23 Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles