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Birth of Hippocrates; the “Father of Medicine”
Birth of Galen; accomplished Roman Medical Researcher
The Black Plague wipes out major populations of Europe
Gabrielle Fallopius invents the Linen Condom
Ambrose Pare develops the Cauterizing Technique for Surgery
Gabrielle Fallopius discovers the Female Fallopian Tubes
Zacharias Janssen invents the Compound Microscope
Galileo Galilei invents the Water Thermometer
Sir John Harrington invents the 1st Water Closet or Toilet
Thomas Lippershey invents the Refracting Telescope
Jean-Babtiste Denys invents the process of Blood Transfusion
William Harvey discovers the Circulation of Blood in the Body
James Gregory invents the Reflecting Telescope
Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovers Bacteria
Sir Isaac Newton discovers the “Law of Gravity”
Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the Mercury Thermometer
Pierre Fauchard invents the 1st Dental Drill
Anders Celsius develops the “Celsius Scale”
Benjamin Franklin invents the Lightening Rod
James Lind discovers the cure for Scurvy
Giovanni Morgagni performs the 1st Autopsy
Alexander Cummings invents the 1st Flush Toilet
Benjamin Franklin invents Bifocal Glasses
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop opens in Alexandria, Virginia
Jessee Bennet performs the 1st Successful Cesarean Section to deliver a baby
Edward Jenner discovers the Small Pox Vaccine
Oliver Evans invents the Refrigerator
Rene Laennec invents the Stethoscope
James Blundell performs the 1st Blood Transfusion
Louis Braille develops the “Braaille System” for the Blind
Thomas Hodgkin identifies abnormal cells in the Lymphatic System as Cancer
Crawford Long uses Anesthesia to surgically remove a Tumor
Horace Wells uses Nitrous Oxide as an Anesthetic for Dentistry
William Morton performs the 1st dental procedure using Ether for Anesthetic
Ignaz Semmelweis identifies Hand Washing to prevent disease transmission
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the 1st Female Physician in the United States
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Hermann von Helmholtz invents the Ophthalmoscope
Alexander Wood & Gabriel Pravaz invent the Hypodermic Syringe
John Snow discovers the Cholera Bacteria
Florence Nightingale initiates nursing in hospitals
Joseph Cayetty invents Toilet Paper
Etienne-Jules Marey invents the Sphygmomanometer for Blood Pressure
Louis Pasteur invents Pasteurization
Henri Dunant initiates the development of the “Red Cross”
Joseph Lister develops the “Antiseptic System”
Johann Gregor Mendel discovers Human Genes
Wilhelm Waldeyer identifies abnormal cells as Cancer
Henri Nestle invents Baby Formula
Jean Martin Charcot discovers Multiple Sclerosis
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson becomes the 1st Female Physician in Britian
Robert Koch discovers the Anthrax Bacteria
Robert Koch discovers the Tuberculosis Bacteria
Francis Clarke and M.G. Foster patented the 1st Electrical Hearing Aid
British Perforated Paper Company introduces the Roll of Toilet Paper
Clara Barton initiates the American Red Cross
Carl Koller introduces the Local Anesthetic
William Stewart Halsted develops Rubber Gloves for Surgery
Emil Adolph von Behring develops the Diphtheria Vaccine
Elie Metchnikoff discovers White Blood Cells
Dimitri Ivanotski discovers Viruses
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovers the X-Ray
Paul Ehrlich develops Chemotherapy
Ronald Ross proves that Malaria was spread by Mosquitoes
August Bier develops the Spinal Anesthetic
Almroth Wright develops the Typhoid Vaccine
Felix Hoffman and Heinrich Dreser discover Aspirin
Walter Reed proves that Yellow Fever is spread by Mosquitoes
Karl Landsteiner discovers and names the Four Blood Groups; A, B, O, AB
Sir William Maddock Bayliss discovers Hormones
Willem Einthoven invents the Electrocardiograph
Albert Einstein develops the “Theory of Relativity”
Eduard Zirm performs the 1st Successful Cornea Transplant
Paul Erich discovers the cure for Syphilis
Marie Curie isolates Radium
Casimir Funk develops the Vitamin
John Abel develops the Kidney Dialysis Machine
Sigmund Freud develops Psychoanalysis
Marie Stopes invents the Rubber Cap Diaphragm
Earle Dickson invents the Band-Aid for Johnson & Johnson
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Frederick Banting and Charles Best develop Insulin for Diabetics
Hans Berger develops the Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin
Philip Drinker develops the “Iron Lung Machine” for Polio patients
Ernest Ruska invents the Electron Microscope
William Kouwenhouen develops the first Cardiac Defibrillator
Gerhard Domagk discovers Sulfa Drugs (Sulfonamidochrysoidine - Prontosil)
Bernard Fantus starts the first Blood Bank at Cook County Hospital in Chicago
George Papanicolaou develops the “Pap Test” for Cervical Cancer
William Kolff develops the first Kidney Dialysis Machine
Alfred Blalock performs the first Open Heart Surgery
Ernst Chain and Howard Florey develop Penicillin and Antibiotics
Gregory Pincus discovers the Birth Control Pill
Marion Donovan invents the Disposable Diaper
Paul Zoll develops the first Cardiac Pacemaker
Jonus Salk develops the first Polio Vaccine
James Watson and Francis Crick discover the structure of the DNA Molecule
Joseph Murray performs the first Kidney Transplant
Jonus Salk develops the Polio Vaccine for ALL Three Strains
Food and Drug Administration formally approves the Birth Control Pill
John Enders develops the Measles Vaccine
Thomas Starzi performs the 1st Successful Liver Transplant
James Hardy performs the 1st Successful Lung Transplant
Frank Pantridge develops the first Portable Defibrillator
Christian Bernard performs the first Heart Transplant
Goedfry Houndsfield develops the CAT Scan
Henry Heimlich develops the “Heimlich Maneuver” for Choking
Choh Hao Li discovers Endorphins in the Brain
Louise Joy Brown became the 1st Successful “Test Tube Baby” Born
Raymond Damadian builds first commercial MRI scanner
Baruch Blumberg and Irving Millman develop the Hepatitis B Vaccine
William DeVines implants the first Artificial Heart (Jarvik-7)
Don Francis and the CDC discover that AIDS is in Blood
Luc Montaginar & the Pasteur Institute identify HIV; the virus that causes AIDS
Robert Gallo and the NIH develop the first test to diagnose HIV/AIDS
Ben Carson, becomes the 1st to Separate Conjoined Siamese Twins
Henry Erlich discovers DNA Identification
David Ho develops Protease Inhibitors “AIDS Cocktails” for AIDS Treatment
Ian Wilmut clones the first animal from a human cell; Dolly the Sheep
Jean-Michel Dubernard performs the first Partial Face Transplant
Ian Frazer develops the HPV Vaccine
Laurent Lantieri performs the first Full Face Transplant
Robert Lanza develops Artificial Stem Cell