MEDICINE TIMELINE

B.C. 7000

• Ancient Doctors drill holes in people's heads
• This was done to release the evil spirits that cause disease

B.C. 460-B.C. 377

• Greek doctor, Hippocrates, thinks that that certain fluids cause disease
• These fluids were called humors

A.D. 1330-1352

• People attempt to use herbs and incense to cure the Black Death
• It was caused by bacteria passes on by rat fleas

A.D. 1400-1600

• People begin to study anatomy for the first time
• One of the first drawings came from the Middle East in 1555

A.D. 1857

• Louis Pasteur thinks that disease is caused by super tiny animals
• These small animals would then be known as germs

A.D. 1865

• Joseph Lister finds out that cleaning up his surgery tools reduces patient infections
• This was called the antiseptic technique

A.D.1883

• Robert Koch makes a great discovery
• He finds that 4 conditions that prove a pathogen cause disease

A.D. 1900

• Cities around the world start applying the antiseptic technique
• They do this by treating drinking water with chlorine reducing cholera cases

A.D. 1928

• Sir Alexander Flemington makes a life saving discovery
• This amazing discovery is the vaccine of penicillin

A.D. 1955

• Jonas Salk's polio vaccine becomes available
• The disease is eliminated in the U.S. by 1994

A.D. 2002

• The first cases of the respiratory disease SARS spring up
• They are found in China

A.D. 2005

• Worldwide efforts stop polio in its tracks
• It only reemerges in less than 10 people