The Advances in Medical History

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  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 659

    Dental Amalgrams

    Medieval China was the first place to have documented dental procedures. Used silver and tin for fillings.
  • 754

    Pharmacy

    Pharmacy
    The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad. They then became a regulation.
  • 1021

    Ibn al-Haytham

    Discovered ophthalmology, considered the most important discovery in the middle ages.
  • 1240

    Theodoric Borgognoni

    Theodoric Borgognoni
    Promoted the use of anesthetics for surgery.
  • 1289

    University of Montpellier

    University of Montpellier
    Count Guilhem VIII only permitted people to teach there if they were permitted.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1348

    The Plague

    One of the most devastating pandemics in history. It killed an estimate of almost 200 million people. Almost 1/3 of Europe. This was due to the lack of sanitation and knowledge.
  • 1540

    Girolamo Fracastoro

    Girolamo Fracastoro
    First doctor to suggest how pathogens were passed along.
  • 1543

    Andreas Vesalius

    Wrote "De Humaini Corporis Fabrica". He dissected humans corpses and examined them.

  • William Harvey

    First to discover how the circulatory system works.

  • Giovanni Cosimo Bonomo

    Giovanni Cosimo Bonomo
    Discovered the scabies mite.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner
    Created the first vaccine for smallpox.

  • Rene Laennec

    Created the first stethoscope.

  • Typhus Outbreak

    Multiple typhus outbreaks were recorded in Baltimore, Concord, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia.

  • Fillippo Pacini

    Fillippo Pacini
    Discovered the cause of cholera.

  • Great Stink

    The smell of untreated waste from River Thamas. This worsened the cholera problem.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Antibiotics

    Antibiotics
    The first antibiotic, penicillin, was made.

  • Organ Transplant

    The first successful organ transplant was a kidney.

  • Jonas Salk

    Created the polio vaccine.

  • Stem Cell Therapy

    Stem cells were discovered.

  • MRI

    MRI
    The first MRI was created.
  • Period: to

    21st Century Starts

  • HIV/AIDS

    HIV death rate drops by 10%

  • Bionic Eye

    The first artificial eye was created.

  • Ebola

    Ebola
    West African Ebola epidemic.

  • 3-D Printed Heart

    3-D Printed Heart
    The first 3-D printed heart was created, using human tissue.

  • Heart Disease

    Heart disease rates drop by 40%