Black Death
1348
Vesalius
‘Fabric of human body’
1543
Harvey
‘Blood’
1670s
Royal society founded
1660
Great plague
1665
Sydenhams
‘Medical observations’
1676
Jenner
Vaccination findings
1798
James Simpson
Chloroform
1847
Smallpox vaccinations made compulsory
1853
John snow
Cholera
1855
Florence nightingale
Nursing
1859
Pasteur publishes germ theory
1861
1st public health act
1848
Robert Koch
Anthrax spores
1876
Wilhelm
X-ray discoverie
1895
First magic bullet
1909
Salvason 606
Fleming
Penecllin
1928
2nd magic bullet
1932
Prontosil
Florey and chain purify penicillin
1938-1940
NHS founded
1948
Watson and chrick
DNA
1953
First polio vaccination
1956
Human genome project
2003
End of 1st world war
1918