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1895 BCE
X-Rays
X-rays were discovered in 1895 by the German Physicist Wilhelm Roentgen. He was studying cathode rays produced by a recently-invented piece of equipment called a Crooke's tube when he noticed that a fluorescent screen across the room started to glow -
1796 BCE
Kill or cure
Edward Jenner is credited with the development of vaccination but in fact it was first introduced into England by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in 1721. She tried a method that was used in Turkey where people deliberately infected themselves with a mild form of smallpox. This was the first form of innoculation -
1700 BCE
Smallpox
an acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars. It was effectively eradicated through vaccination by 1979. -
1700 BCE
People who Contributed to the Development and Discoveries(Review of everything)
William Harvey: published his new theory that the heart pumps blood throughout the body
Humphrey Davy: discovered laughing gas
Andreus Vesalius and Leonardo Da Vinci dissected human body and made the first anatomical drawings
Fun Fact!!! If a trained professional wasnt able to perform surgery barbers would do it!. -
1630 BCE
New lands bring new medicines and new diseases
As the understanding of the body increased, so did the development of new medicines. as people started to interact with each other through trade and explorations it allowed the spread of global disesase -
1628 BCE
Circulation was a major break through
1628 William Harvey published his theory that the heart is a muscle, which acts as a pump to circulate the blood around the body, this discovery lead to the conclusion that there are specific body systems that works together -
1600 BCE
A microscopic revolution
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, made one of the earliest microscopes. The detail the revolutionary microscopes could see allowed the English scientist Robert Hooke to observe cells for the first time. In 1661 the Italian scientist Marcello Malpighi identified capillaries which finally showed the link between arteries and veins and proving Harvey's theory for the circulation of blood. -
1445 BCE
The Printing Press
In 1445 the printing press was invented, this lead to a lot books being published because of this people didn't have to hand copy anymore and ideas flourished in the land. The Printing Press was the information superhighway of its day. -
1400 BCE
The Renaissance 1400-1700
The renaissance took place in 1400-1700s. The Renaissance was a time period where people called aristocrats studied medicine. It was a time period where there was a revival in ideas. -
