Medical Innovations

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner
    From- Berkeley
    Born- May 17, 1749 and Died- January 26, 1823
    Contributions to medical field during the Industrial Revolution was an English physician and scientist from Berkeley , He was also the pioneer of smallpox vaccine
  • Humphry Davy

    Humphry Davy
    From- Penzance
    Born- December 17, 1778 and Died- May 29, 1829
    Contributions to medical field during the Industrial Revolution was an English chemist and inventor. He is probably best remembered today for his discoveries
  • Rene Laennec

    Rene Laennec
    From- Quimper
    Born- February 17, 1781 and Died- August 13, 1826
    Contributions to medical field during the Industrial Revolution - He invented the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the Hôpital Necker and pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch
    From-Clausthal-Zellerfeld
    Born-December 11, 1843,and Died May 27, 1910
    Contributions to medical field during the Industrial Revolution- founder of modern bacteriology, is known for his role in identifying the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax
  • Wilhelm Roentgen

    Wilhelm Roentgen
    From-Remscheid
    Born- March 27, 1845 and Died- February 10, 1923
    Contributions to medical field during the Industrial Revolution - German physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays,