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2600 BC The Egyptian Imhotep describes the diagnosis and treatment of 200 diseases. 500 BC Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries. 460 BC Birth of Hippocrates, the Greek father of medicine begins the scientific study of medicine and prescribes a form of aspirin.
May 6, 2024 · History of medicine, the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric times to the 21st century. Learn about medicine and surgery before 1800, the rise of scientific medicine in the 19th century, and developments in the 20th and 21st centuries.
1917 – Julius Wagner-Jauregg discovers the malarial fever shock therapy for general paresis of the insane. 1921 – Edward Mellanby discovers vitamin D and shows that its absence causes rickets. 1921 – Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin – important for the treatment of diabetes.
Timeline. First evidence of the surgical procedure of trephination found in France. Evidence of the surgical procedure of trephination found in China . Imhotep in Egypt writes medical texts describing diagnosis and treatment of 100 diseases and 48 injuries.
The history of medicine is the study and documentation of the evolution of medical treatments, practices, and knowledge over time.
Together with the discovery of telomerase, the enzyme that builds telomeres, these findings—important in the study of cancer, aging and stem cells—led to Szostak’s sharing the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009.
The scientific approach to medicine had been developed there long before it spread to other countries, and postgraduates flocked to German medical schools from all over the world. The opening decade of the 20th century has been well described as the golden age of German medicine.
