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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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754
The First Pharmacy
the firs pharmacy was opened up in Baghdad where the pharmacist would prepare prescribed medicines by the physician. Having pharmacies aided the development of knowledge about drugs -
900
Galen
clarified the anatomy of the trachea and approved of the operation, tracheotomy. Documented the importance of the spinal cord to the movement of limbs. -
Nov 3, 900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between small pox and measels -
1300
Islamic Hospitals
Several Muslim hospitals founded on the basis of the teachings in the Qur'an. -
1400
Medical Care Regulations
Physicians and doctors were licensed after formal training. Must have a license to practice medicine. The beginning of medical care regulations. -
1501
Publications
the invention of the printing press allowed for information about new discoveries and publications to be able to spread quickly. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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1543
Human Anatomy
Scientist started using dissection of corpses rather than animals to study human anatomy. -
Scientific Method
The use of the scientific method came into use during the sixteenth century , people began to look for the real causes of what they saw around them, rather than the supernatural to explain events and disease. -
Robert Hooke built one of the first reflecting microscopes
The medical developments during this time was made possible by inventions like the microscope. It allowed more accurate observation of patients and symptoms. -
Discovery of blood cells
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells -
The first successful appendectomy
Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy. -
Edward Jenner
Discovered the first vaccination. -
Period: to
Industrial revolution
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Carbolic soap
Joseph Lister insisted on the use of carbolic soap to disinfect instruments and clean hands before doctors moved to another patient, medical asepsis. -
Discovery of pathogens
Robert Koch discovered that pathogens are the source of some diseases. -
Outbreak of cholera is stopped
John Snow stops the outbreak of cholera with the discovery that it was in the water system in major cities like London -
Cholera
the first vaccine developed for cholera. -
Contacts
The first contact lenses developed -
Wihelm Conrad Roentgen
discovers x-rays -
Classification of blood
Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Insulin
Insulin first used to treat diabetes. -
Diphtheria
First vaccine developed for diphtheria -
Tetanus
First vaccine developed for tetanus -
Tuberculosis
First vaccine developed for tuberculosis -
Sir Alexander Fleming
discovers penicillin -
Period: to
21st Century
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Draft Sequencing
Scientists announced they had completed a draft sequencing of the human genome, or all the genes that make up our DNA. -
Papillomavirus Vaccine
The FDA approved the first human papillomavirus vaccine, called Gardasil. -
Cancer
First vaccine to target a cause of cancer. -
Stem Cells
Stem cells can be programmed to become any type of cell in the body. -
Connie Culp
The first full-face transplant done in the United States was performed on Connie Culp.
