Surgery

Surgery

By Jackson Elkins
  • 6500 BCE

    Skull found showing first signs of surgery

    Skull found showing first signs of surgery
    Skulls found in France show signs of a rudimentary surgery called trepanation
  • Period: 6500 BCE to

    Surgery

    Timeline of Surgery
  • Jan 1, 1540

    The United Barber-Surgeons Company

    The United Barber-Surgeons Company
    Barber-surgeons performed tooth extractions and blood letting.

  • First Transfusion of Human Blood

    First Transfusion of Human Blood

  • First Public Use of Anesthesia

    First Public Use of Anesthesia
    The patient was conscious but felt no pain during the procedure to remove a tumor in his neck.

  • First Successful Heart Surgery

    First Successful Heart Surgery
    Performed in Provident Hospital, Chicago. The surgery repaired the pericardium, the sac around the heart.

  • First X-ray perfomed

    First X-ray perfomed
    performed in Germany.

  • Antibiotics Discovered

    Antibiotics Discovered

  • The First Successful Organ Transplant

    The First Successful Organ Transplant
    The kidney recipient rejected the organ after eight months.

  • Baby Fae survives 21 days after being transplanted with the heart of a baboon.

    Baby Fae survives 21 days after being transplanted with the heart of a baboon.
    Baby Fae was born with hypoplastic left-heart syndrome with is almost always fatal. This transplant extended her life by 21 days.

  • World's First Full-face Transplant

    World's First Full-face Transplant
    Performed in Spain

  • Nerve Transfer

    Nerve Transfer
    A nerve transfer procedure gives a paraplegic patient the ability to move their hand.