the history of medicine

By emilyreyes9621
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    middle ages

  • Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox
    Apr 7, 910

    Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox

  • Apr 7, 1010

    The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine was written

  • organized hospital of Santo Spirito
    Apr 7, 1203

    organized hospital of Santo Spirito

  • Apr 7, 1210

    William of Saliceto,

    He broke tradition with Galen by claiming that pus formation was bad for wounds and for the patient.
  • concave lens spectacles to treat myopia developed in Italy.
    Apr 7, 1300

    concave lens spectacles to treat myopia developed in Italy.

  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • Zacharius Jannssen

    Zacharius Jannssen

    invents the microscope

  • An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals which forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart was published

  • Sir Christopher Wren

    experiments with canine blood transfusions

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    discovers blood cells
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Giacomo Pylarini

    gives the first smallpox inoculations
  • properties of nitrous oxide discoverd

    properties of nitrous oxide discoverd

  • first successful transfusion of human blood was performed

    first successful transfusion of human blood was performed

  • Crawford W. Long

    uses either as a general anesthetic

  • Dr. Horace Wells

    uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Alfred Goldberg

    lay the foundation for the first proteasome-inhibiting cancer therapy.

  • First vaccine developed for hepatitis A

  • Dolly the sheep becomes the first clone

    Dolly the sheep becomes the first clone

  • First vaccine for lyme disease.

    First vaccine for lyme disease.

  • Ralph Weissleder

    develop fluorescent molecular probes that fluoresce upon contact with tumor enzymes, allowing the detection of minute clusters of tumor cells.
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • identify four types of brain abnormalities associated with abuse and neglect experienced in childhood.

  • Paul Ridker

    Paul Ridker

    C-reactive protein predicts the chances of developing heart disease, leading to new guidelines for predicting cardiovascular disease.

  • Stuart Orkin

    identify the first regulatory molecule that puts the brakes on the proliferation of blood stem cells and also preserves the integrity of those stem cells

  • Dana-Farber

    achieve a medical first by using a targeted drug to drive a patient's metastatic melanoma into remission.
  • identify two novel markers that, when elevated in the bloodstream, accurately predict the risk of kidney failure in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

    identify two novel markers that, when elevated in the bloodstream, accurately predict the risk of kidney failure in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.