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Small pox vaccine
Dr. Edward Jenner create the first small pox vaccine. -
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Small pox vaccine
Dr. Edward Jenner create the first small pox vaccine -
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First female surgeon
Mary Edwards Walker was the first female surgeon in the united states. In 1855, she graduated and began her profession. Dr. Blackwell graduated before her but isn't listed as the first. -
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First Nursing program
In 1873, the Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing, of New York City, was founded by Florence Nightingale. -
First female surgeon
Mary Edwards Walker was the first female surgeon in the united states. In 1855, she graduated and began her profession. Dr. Blackwell graduated before her but isn't listed as the first. -
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X-ray discovered
In 1895 William roentgen discovered x-rays and experimented on his own wife. The x-ray has changed the entire medical field since. -
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Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin
Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin in laboratory in London in a harvest of bateria. Penicillin opened the door to new methods of fighting bacterial infections. -
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Jonas Stalk and Influenza
Jonas Salk developed the first vaccine against flu viruses in 1938. The vaccine was successful and been used/modified since then. -
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Birth control created
Margaret Sanger created the first oral conception. Enovid, was approved by the US FDA as a safe contraception in 1960. -
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First successful Lung transplant
Dr. James Hardy performed the first human lung transplant in 1963 in Jackson Mississippi on a sick patient. Prior to the surgery Dr. Hardy has practiced on 400 dogs. -
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World's first heart to heart transplant
On December 3, 1697 Dr. Christiaan Banard conducted the world's first heart to heart transplant -
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Raymond Vahan Damadian
Raymond Vahan Damadian invented the first MRI scanning machine in 1977. He used the scanning machine to diagnose cancer in 1977.