5000 BC

Trepanation - a practice where it is

believed to relieve the victim from
the effects of head injuries and 2980-2900 BC
from evil spirits.
Imhotep, a chief counselor
whom Egyptians considered
v him as their first physician
2000 BC
Code of Hammurabi, a law of
Sumerians, states that a doctor
was to be held responsible for
surgical errors and failures
500 BC- 500 AD
The Grecian Temple of Ascelepius was one of the
most famous healing centers back then
400 BC
Hippocrates developed a theory
of the body having four humours
namely yellow bile, black bile, Aristotle who was considered
phlegm and blood first great biologist, laid the
foundation of comparative
anatomy and embryology
130-200 AD
Galen, the father of experimental
physiology, stressed the value on
anatomy and experimentation in Middle Ages
medical practice -several outbreaks of bubonic plaque
- Persian Rhazes, 1st to describe measles and
smallpox
Renaissance Period
Paracelus – a mystic who advocated the use of
chemicals in medicine 1590
Fracastoro of Verona – published “De Contagione” Dutchman Johannes Janssen
invented the microscope

1628
William Harvey described the
circulation of blood in the 17th century
human body James Lind of Edinburgh – recommended lemon
juice for scurvy
Leopold Auenbrugger – discovered the application
of percussion
18th century Matthew Dobson – proved the presence of sugar in
John Hunter of England – an obstetrician- the urine of diabetic patients
gynecologist who laid the foundations of surgical William Withering – discovered digitalis
anatomy
Bernardino Ramazzini – an Italian physician, was
the first to write on occupational diseases 19th century
Edward Jenner – a British Johannes Muller – raised physiology to a distinct
physician, was acclaimed by science
the medical world as the Rudolf Virchow of Germany – originated the
conqueror of smallpox concept of the cell as the center of pathological
changes
Marshall Hall – discovered the reflex action
Sir Charles Bell – researcher of the nervous system
Pasteur and Koch – correlated microorganisms
20th century with specific diseases
William T.G. Morton – first to successfully control
German Ehrlich – discovered the pain with ether anesthesia
treatment of syphilis
Joseph Lister – introduced the
antiseptic system in surgery
Alexander Fleming – discovered
with the use of carbolic acid
penicillin

Goudfrey Hounsfield – invented 21st century – PRESENT

the computerized tomography Medicine has made several advancements in
scanner today’s world and is continually evolving and
serving mankind.

HISTORY OF MEDICINE TIMELINE

DELA CRUZ, Adrian Kristopher M.
FAMILY MEDICINE
DR. MICHAEL C. BANGLOY

The event that has the greatest and deepest impact to me as a student of
medicine is by the time when microscope was invented in 1950 by a
scientist named Johannes Janssen. Microscopes are used to magnify small
objects that cannot be seen by the naked eye. Through the help of this
instrument, almost everything could be understood at the cellular level.
Laboratory scientists will have the opportunity to detect causative agents
of many diseases through this instrument by observing their cellular
structures that are oftentimes altered in the presence of a disease. The
physician, in turn, would be able to provide the right treatment for the
patient from the laboratory result made by the laboratory scientist.

I can’t imagine the world of medicine without it because as far as this

instrument is concerned, it has already made several advancements in the
field. Without this, the detection/diagnosis of majority of the diseases
would almost be impossible.