History of medicine

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Period: 500 to

    History of Medicine

  • Sep 8, 1000

    Medical care becomes regulated.

    Medical care becomes regulated.
  • Sep 8, 1000

    Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill.

  • Sep 8, 1300

    Islamic hospitals; health care and sick.

  • Sep 8, 1400

    Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied

    Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Renaissance

  • Use of scientific method begins.

    Use of scientific method begins.
  • Human anatomical studies allowed.

  • Printing press allows for publication of discoveries.

  • Robert Hooke- reflective microscope

    Robert Hooke- reflective microscope
  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria.

  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Discovery of blood, cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope

  • Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination.

    Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination.
  • Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens.

    Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens.
  • John Snow stops outbreak of cholera.

  • Bubonic plague hits San Francisco.

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.

    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
  • Salk discovers polio vaccine.

  • Managed health care; growth in uninsured

    Managed health care; growth in uninsured
  • AZT is used to combat AIDS

  • Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wond treatment.

  • Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles.