History of medicine - Jacob Jordan

  • 1901

    1901
    In this period, the first major discovery is that we all have different blood groups. Found in 1901 by Karl Landsteiner In 1928 antibiotics was invented by Scottish Physician Alexander Fleming In 1943 the kidney Dialysis machine was invented by Dr. Willem Kolff. In 1953 the heart-lung machine was invented by John Gibbon. This machine help successfully complete the first open heart operation The first organ transplant was in 1960 and it was the kidney