The History of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 754

    Pharmacies

    Pharmacies
    The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad.
  • 900

    Rhazes

    Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox
  • 1100

    Ibn al-Haytham

    The scientist came up with a new explanation for vision through his research on optics and the anatomy of the eye.
  • 1231

    Frederick II

    He promulgated a set of laws concerning medical education standards and licensure that were far ahead of his time.
  • 1300

    Islamic Hospitals

    They served several purposes such as a center of medical treatement. They were a more elaborate institution with a rider range of funtions.
  • 1301

    Human Anatomy and Dissection

    Human Anatomy and Dissection
    Medieval physicians were conducting experiments and examining the anatomy of the human body.
  • Period: 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1340

    The Black Plauge

    The Black Death was an epidemic of bubonic plague, a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that circulates among wild rodents where they live in great numbers and density. In the course of just a few months, 60 per cent of Florence’s population died from the plague, and probably the same proportion in Siena.
  • Zacharius Jannssen

    Zacharius Jannssen
    He invented the microscope, which could distinguish microorganisms.
  • The Scientific Method

    The use of the Scientific Method began.
  • Reflective Microscope

    Allowed the study of microorganisms like bacteria
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    He was the first person to discover red blood cells.
  • Francis Bacon

    He used the microscope to discover plauge flees.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Claudius Aymand

    Claudius Aymand
    The first person to perform the first successful appendectomy.
  • Vaccine for Rabies

    Vaccine for Rabies
    The first vaccine for rabies worked and helped people who were affected.
  • Emil von Behring

    Emil von Behring discovered antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccines.
  • Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

    German physicist, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, discovers X rays which became an important part of medicine.
  • Vaccine for Plauge

    The first working vaccine for the plauge was produced and helped the poeple that were affected.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Karl Landsteiner

    This person introduced the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups. It became an easier way to classify distinct blood types.
  • Insulin

    Insulin was first used to treat diabetes.
  • Vaccine for Tuberculosis

    The first vaccine was developed for tuberculosis.
  • Vaccine for Influenza

    Vaccine for Influenza
    The first vaccine was developed for influenza, which we still use today.
  • Jonas Salk

    Jonas Salk
    Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine.
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Human Genome Project

    Human Genome Project
    Scientists completed a draft sequencing of the human genome. This has helped researchers identify single genes that cause diseases.
  • Jean-Michel Dubernard

    Jean-Michel Dubernard
    This person performed the first partial face transplant.
  • Stem Cell Discovery

    Stem cells can be programmed to become any type of cell in the body. Researchers say they have enormous potential for curing diseases and repairing damaged tissues.
  • Liver Grown from Stem Cells

    The first human liver was grown from stem cells in Japan.
  • 3D Printer

    A 3D printer is used for first ever skull transplant.