The history of medicine

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  • Period: 460 BCE to 357 BCE

    Hippocrates

    Recognized as "the father of medicine". He was the first person who separated medicine from philosophy and based his learning on experimentation. He declared medicine as a pure science. One of his most recognized contributions is the "theory of the 4 humors".
  • Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE

    Aristotle

    He was the creator of comparative anatomy. He made a topographical description of the organs and placed the heart as the most important place in the functional hierarchy.
  • Period: 131 BCE to 201 BCE

    Galen

    Greek physician and philosopher. He was the personal physician of Marcus Aurelius (Roman emperor and philosopher). He pioneered experiments with animals and based his knowledge on experimentation.
  • Period: Apr 15, 1425 to May 2, 1519

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    He contributed to the study of the anatomy making really wonderful and perfect drawings taken directly from the natural, since at that time it was allowed the dissection of cadavers for purposes of study. He always tried to relate the structure to the function.
  • Period: Dec 31, 1514 to Oct 15, 1564

    Andres Vesalio

    Anatomist and Belgian doctor. He is considered as the reformer of anatomy and anatomical studies, for the innovation that produced his teachings and publications in the scientific field. In 1543 he publishes De Humani Corporis Fabrica where he undoes Greek medical mistakes and revolutionizes medicine.
  • Period: Apr 1, 1578 to

    William Harvey

    William Harvey. Physician and English physiologist who gathered and organized the observations and discoveries made by his predecessors. In 1628 he published a revolutionary work on the circulation of blood called Anatomical Practice on the movement of heart and blood.
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    Marcelo Malpighi

    Physician and Italian anatomist founder of the microscopic anatomy, as he was one of the first scientists to use the microscope to study the tissues, demonstrating for the first time the particular internal structure of organs. He discovered the membranous-vesicular structure of the lung, and the blood capillaries, by checking their existence and communication in the lungs (arterioles and venules), the taste buds of the tongue, red blood cells, etc.
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    Claude Bernard

    Theoretical biologist, doctor and French physiologist. Founder of experimental medicine, one of his most important contributions to medicine is his study of the Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome.
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    Camilo Golgi

    Italian physician. Recognized for his research on nervous tissue. In 1906 obtained the Nobel Prize of Medicine and Physiology along with Ramón and Cajal.
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    Santiago Ramón y Cajal

    Spanish Histologist. He was famous for his studies on nervous tissues. In 1906 he obtained the Nobel Prize of Medicine and Physiology along with Camilo Golgi. He published notable works on histology.

  • First Diphtheria Vaccine

  • First whooping cough vaccine

  • First tuberculosis vaccine

  • Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

  • First vaccine for measles

  • First rubella vaccine

  • The WHO declares officially eradicated smallpox, the first human disease to be completely defeated.

  • First Hepatitis B Vaccine