Medicine

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  • 2600 BCE

    The Egyptian Imhotep

    The Egyptian Imhotep
    The Egyptian Imhotep diagnosed and treated over 200 diseases. These included, 15 diseases of the abdomen, 11 of the bladder, 10 of the rectum, 29 of the eyes, and 18 of the skin, hair, nails and tongue. In addition to this, Imhotep treated diseases such as tuberculosis, gallstones, appendicitis, gout and arthritis.
  • Period: 2600 BCE to 1450

    Medicine

  • 500 BCE

    Alcmaeon of Croton

    Alcmaeon of Croton
    Greek philosopher and medical writer, Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries. In addition to this, he was also the first to identify the brain as the root of understanding and to distinguish understanding from perception.
  • 460 BCE

    Hippocrates

    Hippocrates
    Hippocrates, the Greek "Father of Medicine" began the scientific study of medicine and prescribed a form of aspirin. Throughout his lifetime he discovered how to diagnose and give a prognosis to a patient. His most common diagnoses resulted in setting fractures, treating wounds, and feeding or comforting patients.
  • 280 BCE

    Herophilus

    Herophilus
    Herophilus was mostly focused on studying the nervous system. During his lifetime, he looked at the eye, liver, salivary glands, pancreas, and genital organs of both genders. Through this he was able to begin naming some of our internal organs, such as the Duodenum, which is part of the small intestine
  • 60

    Pedanius Dioscorides

    Pedanius Dioscorides
    Pedanius Dioscorides, who is considered the father of pharmacology, writes De Materia Medica, a book on botany and pharmaceuticals.
  • 130

    Galen

    Galen
    Galen, the Greek physician to gladiators and Roman emperors, because of his work became more developed in his surgery skills and knowledge of anatomy. His most valuable innovation was Theriac, an herbal jam that worked as a cure-all for many diseases
  • 910

    Rhazes

    Rhazes
    Rhazes, a well known alchemist and Muslim philosopher was the first physician to identify and treat smallpox and measles. As a philosopher he also wrote The Spiritual Physick of Rhazes, which was a summary of his life and accomplishments.
  • 1010

    Avicenna

    Avicenna
    Persian philosopher Avicenna, writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine, which examine the idea of existing.
  • 1249

    Roger Bacon

    Roger Bacon
    Roger Bacon's accomplishment during his lifetime was the invention spectacles