Medical Advances in the 20th Century

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  • Creation of Electrocardiography

    Creation of Electrocardiography
    Willem Einthoven was the inventor of the electrocardiogram (ECG).

  • First modern and practical respirator created by Philip Dinker and Louis Agassiz called the "iron king"

    First modern and practical respirator created by Philip Dinker and Louis Agassiz called the "iron king"
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  • Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr. creates the first heart lung machine

    Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr. creates the first heart lung machine
    Picture courtesy of hoebers.wordpress.com

  • Use of blood banks are used more frequently in the US

    Use of blood banks are used more frequently in the US
    The American Red Cross decides to create blood bank for US armed forces during WWII

  • Paul Zoll creates first cardiac pacemaker

    Paul Zoll creates first cardiac pacemaker
    Picture courtesy of www.eplabdigest.com/

  • Thomas Fogarty creates the balloon embolectomy catheter

    Thomas Fogarty creates the balloon embolectomy catheter

  • Dr. Rene Favaloro performed heart bypass in 1967

    Dr. Rene Favaloro performed heart bypass in 1967
    Courtesy of www.medicinenet.com/

  • Radiotherapy is used more frequently

    Radiotherapy is used more frequently
    Advances were made wtih x-ray technology. Scientists that helped contribute to the radiotherapy machine were Emil Grubbe, Claude Regaud, Henri Coutard, and Ralston Patterson.

  • Raymond Damadian discovered the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

    Raymond Damadian discovered the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
    Technology used for medical diagnosis

  • Full body MRI machine created

    Full body MRI machine created

  • Jarik-7 arrtificial heat made by American scientist Robert Jarvik

    Jarik-7 arrtificial heat made by American scientist Robert Jarvik