Hippocrates maintains that diseases have natural causes and puts forth the Hippocratic Oath.
420 BC
300 BC
Dioclese writes the first known anatomy book.
300 BC
200
Galen defines clinical medicine based on observation and experience.
200
1249
Roger Bacon invents spectacles.
1249
1489
Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpse.
1489
1590
Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope.
1590
1628
William Harvey publishes An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals.
1628
1818
James Blundell Performs the first successful human blood transfusion.
1818
1895
X-rays discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.
1895
1903
Willem Einthoven invents electro-cardiography (ECG/EKG).
1903
1953
James Watson and Francis Crick work on the structure of the DNA molecule.
1953
1954
Joseph Murray performs the first human kidney transplant.
1954
1968
Mass General clinicians pioneer telemedicine, the practice of medicine over closed-circuit television.
1968
1971
First MRI and CAT Scan developed.
1971
2001
First tele-surgery performed by Jacques Marescaux.
2001
2020
Hippo Technologies launches Hippo Virtual Care platform and pioneers Polymorphic Medicine.
2020
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