29 events with tag "medicine"
460 BC
ID: 240
Hippocrates begins medical practice - natural causes for disease, Hippocratic Oath established
ID: 240
450 BC
ID: 5415
Hippocrates prescribes wine medicinally - different wines for different ailments, wine as antiseptic and digestive aid
ID: 5415
400 BC
ID: 321
Hippocratic Oath formalized - 'First do no harm,' medical ethics foundation for 2,400 years
ID: 321
180
ID: 5438
Galen systematizes wine medicine - classifies wines by medical properties, prescribes specific wines for specific conditions
ID: 5438
1150
ID: 190
Gerard of Cremona translating in Toledo - will translate 87 works including Avicenna's Canon of Medicine
ID: 190
1150
ID: 220
Hildegard of Bingen writes medical texts - Physica and Causae et Curae, holistic healing
ID: 220
1286
ID: 92
First mention of eyeglasses in Pisa - 'It is not yet 20 years since the art of making spectacles was discovered'
ID: 92
1493
ID: 5469
November 10, 1493
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus) born in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, son of physician Wilhelm Bombast von Hohenheim
ID: 5469
1509
ID: 5470
Paracelsus begins studies at University of Basel at age 16, later claiming to have received doctorate in medicine
ID: 5470
1516
ID: 5471
Paracelsus receives doctorate in medicine from University of Ferrara; begins travels as military surgeon
ID: 5471
1520
ID: 5480
Paracelsus develops doctrine of signatures - belief that herbs resembling body parts can treat ailments of those parts
ID: 5480
1526
ID: 5482
Paracelsus proposes that miners' lung disease (silicosis) is caused by inhaling metal vapors, not punishment from mountain spirits
ID: 5482
1527
ID: 5473
Paracelsus appointed town physician and professor of medicine at University of Basel; publicly burns works of Galen and Avicenna
ID: 5473
1527
ID: 5479
Paracelsus introduces use of chemical remedies including mercury, sulfur, iron and arsenic in medicine, revolutionizing pharmacology
ID: 5479
1530
ID: 5475
Paracelsus writes 'Paragranum' in Strasbourg, outlining his medical philosophy based on four pillars: philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and virtue
ID: 5475
1536
ID: 5476
Paracelsus publishes 'Die grosse Wundartzney' (The Great Surgery Book) in Augsburg, his first major success bringing him fame
ID: 5476
1537
ID: 5483
Paracelsus writes treatise on syphilis, recommending mercury treatment and rejecting prevailing guaiac wood remedy
ID: 5483
1538
ID: 5477
Paracelsus returns to Salzburg under protection of Archbishop Ernst of Bavaria, continues medical practice and writing
ID: 5477
1541
ID: 5478
September 24, 1541
Paracelsus dies in Salzburg at age 47 under mysterious circumstances; some suspect poisoning by enemies
ID: 5478
1560
ID: 5692
Jean Nicot introduces tobacco to French court as medicine - nicotine later named after him
ID: 5692
1717
ID: 481
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introduces variolation (smallpox inoculation) from Ottoman Empire; 2-3% death rate
ID: 481
1738
ID: 509
Daniel Bernoulli applies fluid principle to explain blood circulation in Hydrodynamica
ID: 509
1746
ID: 526
Paris maternity hospital documents over 50% maternal mortality from puerperal fever
ID: 526
1753
ID: 546
Daniel Bernoulli applies probability to smallpox inoculation - first mathematical analysis of medical intervention
ID: 546
1774
ID: 586
Benjamin Jesty performs first cowpox experiment on family using darning needle
ID: 586
1899
ID: 4196
Dragon bones discovered as oracle bones - Chinese pharmacists selling 'dragon bones' revealed as Shang Dynasty oracle bones with ancient script
ID: 4196
1917
ID: 1257
Metropolitan Hospital study shows garlic 'proved to be the best' of 56 tuberculosis treatments
ID: 1257
1997
ID: 3019
FDA Deregulation - FDA issues new guidelines making direct-to-consumer advertising less burdensome, removing major barriers to TV and radio pharmaceutical advertising
ID: 3019
2000
ID: 3045
Medical community begins recognizing ADHD in adults, creating 'second wave' of prescriptions
ID: 3045