Medieval England Medicine

Imhotep, an Egyptian architect and scholar, describes the diagnosis and treatment of 200 diseases. He is later regarded as the Egyptian God of Medicine

Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries. In addition, he was the first recorded person to dissect an eye and discover an optic nerve

Birth of Hippocrates, the Greek father of medicine and the founder of the first University. He based his medicine off of observation and reasoning, instead of superstition

Diocles wrote the first known anatomy book

Herophilus studies the nervous system

Birth of Galen, considered by many to be the most important contributor to medicine following Hippocrates. He was a physician to gladiators and Roman emperors and is highly respected for his contributions to medicine.

When the Dark Ages began, people began to trust superstition once again. They believed that sickness and disease was a punishment sent down by God. This hindered medical advancements.

Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox and is the first to suggest blood as the cause of infectious disease.

Avicenna writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine

Roger Bacon invents spectacles