The History of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 900

    Rhazes

    Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox
  • 1010

    Avicenna

    Avicenna
    Wrote The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine
  • 1096

    Barbers

    Barbers
    Surgical barbers are founded and are people who would treat people who were sick and would also cut there hair. They would also practice dentistry.
  • 1249

    Roger Bacon

    Roger Bacon
    Invents Spectacles
  • 1300

    Islamic Hospitals

    Islamic Hospitals are hospitals that provide healthcare for the sick
  • Period: 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1489

    Leonardo Da Vinci dissects corpses

    Leonardo Da Vinci dissects corpses
    Da Vinci dissecting a body helped him develop learn anatomy and improve his drawings of the human body.
  • Zacharius Jannssen

    He invented the microscope. The microscope is an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells, typically magnified several hundred times.
  • William Harvey publishes An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals

    William Harvey publishes An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals
    This lead to form the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries, and the heart.
  • Reflective Microscope

    allowed study of microorganisms like bacteria
  • Anton Van eeuwenhoek

    He refined the microscope he made nearly 500 models. He also discovered blood cells and observed plant tissues and organisms
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • James Lind

    He published his Treatise of the Scurvy stating that citrus fruits prevent scurvy.
  • Germ Theory is developed

    With Loius Pasteur and Robert Koch developing the germ theory this means that humans were starting to understand why we get sick.
  • First Vaccine developed for Cholera

    Cholera is a bacterial disease of the small intestines , its causes severe diarrhea and vomiting.
  • Contact Lenses Developed

  • Emil von Behring

    Emil von Behring
    discovered antioxins and developed tetanus and diphtheria vaccines
  • Felix Hoffman

    Felix Hoffman
    He invented Aspirin, Aspirin is what we use to treat minor aches and pains.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • First Successful Kidney Transplant

    Surgeons at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston preformed the first successful kidney transplant from one twin to another.
  • Robert S. Ledley

    He invented the CAT-Scan for which we use to diagnose patients. A CAT-Scan ¨show a slice, or cross-section, of the body. The image shows your bones, organs, and soft tissues more clearly than standard x-rays. CT scans can show a tumor's shape, size, and location. They can even show the blood vessels that feed the tumor – all without having to cut into the patient¨
  • Small Pox Eradicated

    This means that Small Pox was destroyed completely.
  • HIV the virus that causes AIDS is identified

    HIV the virus that causes AIDS is identified
    Knowing that causes AIDS can help us prevent the spreading of it.
  • Alec Jeffreys

    Alec Jeffreys
    He devised a genetic fingerprinting method.
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • First Vaccine to Target a cause of cancer.

    This could be the first step to finding a solution or cure for cancer.
  • Stem Cell Research

    Stem cells can be programmed to become any type of body cell.
  • Sleep Medicine Developed

  • Dr. Humayun

    Dr. Humayun
    He invented the bionic eye, a bionic eye is an experimental visual device intended to restore functional vision in those suffering from partial or total blindness.
  • Artificial Liver and Kidneys Growth In Labrotories

    Artificial Liver and Kidneys Growth In Labrotories