The History of Medicine

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  • 2600 BCE

    Egyptian Imhotep

    Egyptian Imhotep
    Imhotep was an Egyptian who gave over 200 diseases a treatment.
  • 460 BCE

    Hippocrates

    Hippocrates
    Hippocrates was born. He grew up to be the founder of Medicine.
  • 460 BCE

    Aspririn

    Aspririn
    The Greek God of Medicine started studying medicine and prescribed a type of aspirin
  • 130 BCE

    Galen

    Galen
    Galen, the Greek physician to gladiators and Roman Emperors was born. He was a Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher.
  • 50 BCE

    Phoebe Pember

    Phoebe Pember
    Phoebe was history's first female Christian nurse.
  • 500

    Merida, Spain

    The first Spanish hospital was created
  • 600

    Barber-Surgeons

    Barber-Surgeons
    Barber-Surgeons put bloody bandages on a pole.
  • 900

    Apothecaries

    Apothecaries
    Apothecaries made, prescribed, and sold medicine.
  • 1018

    Ibn Butlan

    Ibn Butlan
    Ibn Butlan, the Arab Nestorian Christian physician wrote the Taqwim al-Sihhah
  • 1322

    Jacoba Felicie

    Jacoba Felicie
    Jacoba wanted to become a physician. She was barred from studying medicine.
  • 1440

    Regulating Midwives

    Midwives were just regulated.

  • Blood and Bacteria

    Blood and Bacteria
    Blood circulation and bacteria were first discovered.

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey
    William Harvey described the circulation of the blood to the heart. He wasn't the first to describe it but he was the closest.

  • Robert Hook

    Robert Hook
    Robert Hook built one of the first reflecting microscope.

  • Blood Cells Discovered

    Blood Cells Discovered
    Blood cells were discovered by Anton Van Leeuwenheok. Van Leeuwenhoek also discovered protozoa and he called them animalcules.

  • Gabriel Fahrenheit

    Gabriel Fahrenheit
    Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first murcury thermometer. This thermometer helped nurses take the patent's temperature.

  • Small Pox

    Small Pox
    Small pox vaccinations were developed by Edward Jenner. This vaccine gave you immunity to smallpox.

  • Stethoscope

    Stethoscope
    The stethoscope was invented. It was invented by Rene Laennec and used to monitor heart beats.

  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister
    Joseph Lister thought of the idea of washing your hands before surgeries and using clean objects. He started doing this and people had a more likely chance of surviving.

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner
    Edward actually started giving the vaccinations to people and gave them immunity to cowpox and smallpox

  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell
    Elizabeth Blackwell was the first female physician. She was also the first female to receive a medical degrees the USA.

  • Pathogens

    Pathogens
    Robert Koch discovered that pathogens was a disease that caused microorganisms

  • First Nursing School

    Florence Nightingale started the first school in 1860. After this, nursing was considered an honorable profession.

  • Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale
    Florence Nightingale was the first female nurse in Italy. She was also the founder of modern nursing.

  • X-Rays

    X-Rays
    X-Rays were invented. They were used to help doctors find the bone fractures.

  • Organ Implants

    Organ Implants
    Surgeons started doing organ implants because they finally learned how to. It was used mainly for the heart.

  • Infertile People

    Infertile people could now have children because of options that doctors can now give them.

  • Death Rates

    Death Rates
    Death rates dropped rapidly because of medicine and surgical care. Doctors started putting the patients health first.

  • Check-Ups

    Check-Ups
    People can now go to the doctors office for check-ups. They don't have to wait until the need to see a doctor anymore.