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The first artificial heart was implanted in a patient in Louiseville, KY (2001)

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The first artificial heart was implanted in a patient in Louiseville, KY (2001)

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This event is important because it shows one of the more recent innovations of the 21st century, the time period in which we currently live. Additionally, this event shows how advanced the health care field has become, so that artificial hearts can be successfully implanted into patients and be able to function correctly.

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The Food and Drug Association (FDA) approved Da Vinci (2000)

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The Food and Drug Association (FDA) approved Da Vinci (2000)

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Da Vinci was the first robot that was used in surgeries that required small incisions. The approval of Da Vinci in surgeries shows how technological innovations have paved the way for increased efficiency and convenience in the health care field.

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Adult stem were used to treat disease (early 2000s)

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Adult stem were used to treat disease (early 2000s)

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This event is important because it shows how increased innovations and discoveries in the health science field have led to the ability of using stem cells to treat disease, rather than herbal medications or vaccinations. This discovery was based on the previous discovery that DNA is the genetic basis of all life on Earth.

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Watson and Crick discovered the structure and purpose of DNA (1953)

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Watson and Crick discovered the structure and purpose of DNA (1953)

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This event is important because it changed the way people thought about inheritance and genetic information. Additionally, this discovery led to increased research into genetic engineering and gene therapy, which is still occurring today.

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Health insurance reforms and plans were developed (1920s)

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Health insurance reforms and plans were developed (1920s)

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This event is important because it shows how health care was attempted to be given to everyone. In other words, it became the status quo that all people receive the same quality health care no matter what.

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Sigmund Freud developed studies that formed the basis of psychology and psychiatry (1856-1939)

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Sigmund Freud developed studies that formed the basis of psychology and psychiatry (1856-1939)

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This event is important because it shows how health care expanded to assist care for mental conditions rather than just physical conditions. This led to a widening of the health care field.

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Louis Pasteur discovered that microorganisms cause diseases (1822)

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Louis Pasteur discovered that microorganisms cause diseases (1822)

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This event is important because it finallyl gives a cause for diseases, which health care professionals had been searching for years: that pathogenic microorganisms caused disease. This discovery was based off other previous discoveries, such as the invention of the microscope.

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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross (1881)

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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross (1881)

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This event is important because it shows how health care was provided to more people in areas of need, which is beneficial. The fact that a woman created the formation of the organization also shows how there is increased female participation in the health care field.

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Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female physician in the Unites States (1849)

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Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female physician in the Unites States (1849)

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This event is important because it shows how females became increasingly involved in the health care profession.

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Edward Jenner created the vaccination for smallpox (1796)

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Edward Jenner created the vaccination for smallpox (1796)

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This event is important because it shows one of the more successful methods for curing a pandemic without using herbal medications. This discovery also shows a greater understanding of the fact that microorganisms can be used to fight disease.

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Apothecaries made, prescribed, and sold medications (16th-17th centuries)

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Apothecaries made, prescribed, and sold medications (16th-17th centuries)

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This event is important because it signifies how institutions sprang up in order to prescribe and sell medicine. This eventually led to pharmacies, which are still around today to sell medicine from a trusted area.

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope (1666)

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope (1666)

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This event is important because scientists were now able to see organisms that were too small to see with the naked eye. This eventually led to the discovery of the fact that microorganisms cause disease.

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The first chairs of medicine were created at Oxford and Cambridge (1440)

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The first chairs of medicine were created at Oxford and Cambridge (1440)

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Chairs were individuals that held positions of authority in universities and colleges. This event is thereby important because it shows how increasing importance was placed on medicine in large universities, leading to new discoveries in the health science field.

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Dissections of the human body were allowed (1350s)

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Dissections of the human body were allowed (1350s)

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This event is important because it allowed people to further understand the internal workings of the human body. This also led doctors to better diagnose different conditions and how they affected the human body. Additionally, this event shows a shying away from previous religious traditions and their influence on health care, as most religions forbade the dissection of the human body.

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Medical universities were created (9th century)

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Medical universities were created (9th century)

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This event is important because it shows how people wanted increased knowledge and expertise in dealing with health and diseases. The formation of these universities thereby shows an increase of teaching and knowledge to physicians.

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Rhazes, or Al-Rhazi, became known as the Arab Hippocrates (854-925)

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Rhazes, or Al-Rhazi, became known as the Arab Hippocrates (854-925)

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Rhazes was an Arab physician that became known as the Arab Hippocrates for his discoveries, which included basing the diagnoses on observations of various symptoms and diseases, using animal gut for sutures, and more. This event is thereby important because it shows an increased number of discoveries by a single person, which led to more innovations that benefited health care today.

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The bubonic plague killed 75% of the Eurasian population (mid-1300s)

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The bubonic plague killed 75% of the Eurasian population (mid-1300s)

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This event is important in healthcare history because it led to the end of the Dark Ages as a result of the weakening of serfdom, and a rebirth of health sciences during the Renaissance. This ultimately led to more health care innovations in human health history.

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Hippocrates, or the "Father of Medicine," made many contributions to health science during his lifetime (460 BCE-377 BCE)

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Hippocrates, or the "Father of Medicine," made many contributions to health science during his lifetime (460 BCE-377 BCE)

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Hippocrates was an essential figure in the history of health care; he was even called the "Father of Medicine." Hippocrates made many contributions to health science, including developing a method to examine the human body, creating the Oath of Hippocrates, and more. Some of the practices that Hippocrates developed, such as the Oath of Hippocrates, are still in use today by physicians.

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The Ancient Chinese created a pharmacopoeia of herbal-based medications (1700 BCE-220 CE)

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The Ancient Chinese created a pharmacopoeia of herbal-based medications (1700 BCE-220 CE)

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This event was important because it shows how people from the Ancient Times understood enough about the effects of diseases  that they were able to treat them with herbal medicines. These medicines also shows the first instances of recording cures for medical conditions and leaving them for other or future peoples.

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Egyptians were the first to maintain health records of patients (3000 BCE-300 BCE)

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Egyptians were the first to maintain health records of patients (3000 BCE-300 BCE)

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This event was important because it showed the  initial and earliest emergence of health care awareness. Historians and health care professionals can look read these records and understand what people in the Ancient Times understood about health care.