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First mercury thermometer
It was created by Gabriel Fahrenheit. -
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US declares independence from Britain
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Bifocals invented
They were invented by Benjamin Franklin. -
Smallpox vaccination was invented
He found this vaccination by putting the pus of cowpox into a child before he could get smallpox. The child never got smallpox. -
Invention of the stethoscope
It was invented by Rene Laennec -
Handwashing in clinics instituted
Ignas Semmelweiss instituted hand washing, originally for people delivering babies. -
First Women to gain a medical degree
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first women ever to get a medical degree. -
First school of nursing opened
This was started by Florence Nightingale in the UK -
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Civil War
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1st doctor to use antiseptic during surgery
Started by Joseph Lister and started other safer techniques in surgery. -
Red Cross was founded
It was founded by Clara Barton -
Rabies vaccine invented
It was first used on an 8 year old child on July 6th, 1885. It was invented by Emile Roux and Louis Pasteur. -
X-rays discovered
William Roentgen discovered X-rays. The first one is of his wife's hand and you can see the ring on her hand. -
Psychoanalysis
This was started by Sigmund Freud and is the basis of psychology and psychiatry. -
Invention of Asprin
It was invented by Feliz Hoffmann, a chemist with the German company Bayer. -
Different human blood types discovered
This was discovered by Karl Landsteiner. -
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World War 1
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Penicillin was discovered
It was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming. -
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World War 2
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First Vaccine for Influenza
Thomas Francis Jr. developed a killed-virus vaccine for influenza. -
Polio vaccine was developed
It was developed by Jonas Salk. -
oral polio vaccine was created
Created by Albert Sabin and was more effective than Salk's vaccine -
Microsurgery
This term was first used by Jules Jacobson to describe surgery needing a microscope. Others did surgery with smaller incesions but he was the first to do one with a microscope. -
World's first heart transplant surgery
Christian Barnard performed the world's first sucessful heart transplant. -
Gene Therapy was conseptualized
It wasn't approved by the FDA until 1990 though. -
The first test tube baby was born
Her name is Louise Brown and she was born in Great Britain. -
AIDS is announced as being a virus
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First mammal to be cloned
Dolly the sheep was the first mammal to be cloned. (An identical copy of an original)
