Doctors' Day Timeline

1982

First Successful Artificial Heart Surgery

Dr. William DeVries successfully implanted an artificial heart into a human body after 7 hours of surgery.

1849

First Woman Doctor

Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from the Geneva Medical College with a medical degree in 1849.

1400 AD

“Physician” Legitimized by Oxford English Dictionary

The word “physician” was included in the third edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

500 BC - 300 BC

The Hippocratic Oath

The first physicians swore to the Greek gods that their work in healing would meet ethical standards.