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200
Galen
Galen performed the first tracheotomy. -
200
Barber
Barber surgeons begin cutting hair, performing small surgeries, and the barber pole symbols popularized. -
Period: 200 to
HIstory of Medicine
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Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1500
Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 1249
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon invents the first spectacles. -
Sep 11, 1300
Islamic Hospital
Islamic hospitals provides health care for the sick. -
Sep 11, 1302
Christian monasteries
Christian monasteries began being founded to treat the ill. -
Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1550
Renaissance
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Sep 11, 1400
Jacoba Felicie
French woman, Jacqueline Felicie, tries to practice medicine but is denied into universities because of her gender. -
Sep 11, 1500
Anatomy
Human anatomical studies became allowed after being banned. -
Scientific method
Use of the scientific method begins -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke-reflective microscope -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria with the use of a microscpe. -
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover pague fleas. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Discovery 1795
In 1795 the discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope took place. -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner discovered first vacination. -
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister practices medical aspesis for the fisrt time in history. -
Robert Koch
Robert Koch discovers the first pathogens. -
Ignaz Semmelweis
Ignaz Semmelweis shows the importance of handwashing. -
John Snow
John Snow stops the outbreak of cholera. -
Marie Curie
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity. -
Bubonic
Bubonic plague hits San Francisco. The plague was most likely brought by rats onboard a ship from Hong Kong. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Discovery
Discovery of organ transplants, X-Rays, rabium for cancer treatment, MRI, and cat scans. -
Alexander Flemina
Alexander Flemina discovers penicillin. -
HMO
First health maintence organization (HMO) creates insurance. -
Salk
Salk discovers polio vaccine. -
Healthcare
Healthcare becomes managed and the rates of uninsured grows. -
Who
Who declares smallpox was eradicated. -
AZT
Azidothymidine (AZT) is used for the fisrt time to combat AIDS. -
Medical Care
Medical care becomes regulated for the first time. -
Rhazes
Persian physician Rhazes provides the first medical description of smallpox and explains how the illness was transmitted from person to person. He also gave a reason for why surviors of smallpox never get it again.
