Medical Investigations 1 Timeline By gracehoge Period: 500 to Sep 3, 2015 Medical History Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Jan 1, 1000 Christian monastaries founded to treat the sick Jan 1, 1000 Medical care becomes regulated Jan 1, 1200 Muslim hospitals become common Jan 1, 1400 Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine, is turned down Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Dec 31, 1699 Renaissance Jan 1, 1600 People begin to use the scientific method Jan 1, 1650 Human Anatomical studies allowed Jan 1, 1665 Robert Hooke builds one of the first reflecting microscopes Jan 1, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Jan 1, 1699 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1909 Industrial Revolution Jan 1, 1790 Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protoza, and stethoscope Jan 1, 1796 Edward Jenner discovers 1st vaccination Jan 1, 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows the importance of hand washing Jan 1, 1880 Robert Koch discovers pathogens Jan 1, 1900 Bubonic plague hits San Francisco Period: Jan 1, 1910 to Sep 3, 2015 Modern World Jan 1, 1930 Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin Jan 1, 1952 Salk discovers the Polio vaccine Jan 1, 1980 WHO declares small pox eradicated Jan 1, 1986 AZT used to combat AIDS Jan 1, 2003 Gardasil approved by the FDA Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes Discovers the difference between Small Pox and Measles
