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Anesthetic
a substance that induces insensitivity to pain. also the study or practice of anesthesia. -
college
The Royal College of Surgeons is founded in London -
denistry
Richard C. Skinner writes the Treatise on the Human Teeth, the first dental book published in America -
Morphine
German pharmacist F.W.A. Serturner isolates morphine, an opium alkaloid. It was named for Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams. -
morphine
pain killer for things such as teeth ache. broken bones etc -
pill making machines
The medicinal pill-making machine is invented -
surgery
Charles Bell publishes his System of Comparative Surgery. -
germ theory
certain microbes are disease-causing agents. At the time, the origin of diseases such as cholera, anthrax and rabies is a mystery. -
blood transfusion
generally the process of receiving blood or blood products into one's circulation intravenously. Transfusions are used for various medical conditions to replace lost components of the blood. -
first transfusion
British obstetrician James Blundell performs the first successful transfusion of human blood. -
stethoscope
able to hear heart rate of someone -
quinine
medication to treat malaria and babesiosis -
college
The Medical College of South Carolina is founded in Charleston. -
eye disease
A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye is published by Dr. George Frick, the leading oculist in Baltimore -
porcelain teeth
porcelain teeth. His S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Company establishes and dominates the dental supply market throughout the 19th century. -
dental chair
James Snell invents the first reclining dental chair. -
ABO
The American Board of Orthodontics, the world’s first dental specialty board, is founded. -
medical periodical
The first medical periodical in the South, The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, begins publication. -
epidemic
First North American cholera epidemic. -
medical journal
The first medical journal in Louisiana, Journal de la Society Medicale de la Nouvelle-New Orleans is published in French. -
national dental organization
The American Society of Dental Surgeons, the world’s first national dental organization, is founded -
dentisry school
Baltimore College of Dentistry in Maryland opens with five students -
alabama enacts
Alabama enacts the first dental practice act, regulating dentistry in the United States -
first tie using
American surgeon Crawford W. Long uses ether as a general anesthetic during surgery but does not publish his results. Credit goes to dentist William Morton. -
introducing a book
Joseph Lister publishes Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery -
puerperal fever
Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever. -
surgeon horace wells
U.S. dental surgeon Horace Wells, a pioneer in the use of anesthetics, has nitrous oxide administered to himself for a tooth extrraction -
nitrice oxide
American dentist, uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic. -
American Medical is founded
American Medical Association is founded. -
opthalmoscope
an instrument for inspecting the retina and other parts of the eye. -
cough drops
little hard candies that lubricated the through to keep it moist s you wouldn't cough a lot during a cold -
day to remember
Elizabeth Blackwell is the first woman to receive a medical degree -
hypodermic syringe
a needle to shoot certain liquids, antibiotics, pain killers etc into where ever it needs to go -
gold foil for cavties
Robert Arthur originates the cohesive gold foil method allowing dentists to insert gold into a cavity with minimal pressure -
first ADA
Twenty-six dentists meet in Niagara Falls, New York, and form the American Dental Association. -
microorganisms
microorganisms may cause many human and animal diseases. -
pasteurisation
process that kills microbes in mainly food and or milk -
rubber dam
Sanford C. Barnum develops the rubber dam, a piece of elastic rubber fitted over a tooth by means of weights -
dental drill
little drill dentist's used to drill out cavities -
genetics
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antiseptic
antimicrobial substances that are applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infection -
thermometer
put in mouth or other places to tell the temperate of somone -
lucy beaman
Lucy Beaman Hobbs graduates from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, becoming the first woman to earn a dental degree -
Harvard
The Harvard University Dental School, the first university-affiliated dental institution, is founded. The school calls its degree the Dentariae Medicinae Doctorae -
Rober Tanner
Dr. Robert Tanner Freeman, graduating from Harvard University Dental School, becomes the first African-American to earn a dental degree. -
George green
The American George F. Green receives a patent for the first electric dental engine, a self-contained motor and handpiece. -
brain waves
Using a galvanometer, the British scientist Richard Caton noted electrical impulses from the brains of animals, laying down the principles that would lead to the development of the electroencephalogram -
wilkerson chair
The Wilkerson chair, the first pump-type hydraulic dental chair, is introduced. -
james b.
James B. Morrison patents the first commercially manufactured foot-treadle dental engine -
sterile envirorment
Joseph Lister started to clean equipment before use in surgery.This lead to better treatment of patients and the replacement of carbonic acid with steam cleaning to kill germs in wounds, -
toothpaste
The collapsible metal tube revolutionizes toothpaste manufacturing and marketing. Dentifrice had been available only in liquid or powder form -
anthrax vaccine
is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It can occur in four forms: skin, inhalation, intestinal, and injection. this is the vaccine to cure it -
adhesive plaster
now called a band aid. used to cover cuts and small wounds -
NADE
The National Association of Dental Examiners is founded by the members of the dental boards of several states in order to establish uniform standards in the qualifications for dental practitioners -
C. Edmond Kells
Her duties include chair-side assistance, instrument cleaning, inventory, appointments, bookkeeping, and reception. Soon “Lady in Attendance" -
rabies
vaccine invented to stop rabies -
contact lenses
same thing as glasses but actually go in your eye. used to be made of actual glass and eye drops after -
cholera vaccine
infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhea. -
antitoxins
discovers antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccines. -
diptheria
effective diphtheria antitoxin -
first medical school opens
The Johns Hopkins University Medical School, first modern American medical school, opens in Baltimore. -
chirpractor
The history of chiropractic began in 1895 when Daniel David Palmer of Iowa performed the first chiropractic adjustment on a partially deaf janitor -
x-rays
used to take pictures of your body through radiation to see through your skin and into your bones -
first lab
Parke-Davis Company founds first pharmaceutical research laboratory -
corsets
corsets were something that girls we to change the shape of thee hips, torso's -
typhoid fever vaccine
First vaccine for typhoid fever. worst sickness you could get in the 1800's -
plague
discovred vaccine for any contagious, malignant, epidemic disease, in particular the bubonic plague and the black plague -
palmer school of cure
DD Palmer continued to develop chiropractic and in 1897 established the Palmer School of Cure -
flies spreading plague
George Nuttall demonstrates that flies can spread plague bacilli.
Aspirin, a highly effective pain reliever and fever reducer -
chiropractors become popular
they open shops and make bank -
asprin
Helped relieve pain. It was invented by Felix Hoffman. -
blood types
Karl Landsteiner describes blood compatibility and rejection -
vitamins
"accessory food factors" are essential to health. -
blood groups
discover four blood groups and develop a system of classification. Knowledge of the different blood types is crucial to performing safe blood transfusions -
Vitallium dental screw
Alvin Strock inserts the first Vitallium dental screw implant. -
Society of Clinical Surgery
The Society of Clinical Surgery is Formed -
electrocariogram
measures heart rate while in the hospital -
jacket crown
Charles Land devises the porcelain jacket crown. -
turberculosis
National Tuberculosis Association (now American Lung Association) is founded to encourage prevention and cure of tuberculosis. -
National Federation of Advertising Clubs of America is founded
National Federation of Advertising Clubs of America is founded, and takes as one of its objectives discouraging fraudulent advertising; group is subsequently renamed Associated Advertising Clubs of America, and later "of the World". -
Novocain
Alfred Einhorn, a German chemist, formulates the local anesthetic procain, later marketed under the trade name Novocain. -
Debut of Surgery
The Debut of Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, a Scientific Journal by and for Surgeons -
The American Medical Association sets up
The American Medical Association sets up the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry to decide which propriety products may be allowed to advertise in its publications, including JAMA. -
corneal transplant
cornea is replaced by the cornea from the eye of a human cadaver -
succsess
First successful human blood transfusion using Landsteiner's ABO blood typing technique -
noble prize
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins suggests the existence of vitamins and concludes they are essential to health. Receives the 1929 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. -
syphilis
von Wasserman introduces diagnostic test for syphilis -
TB
Clemens Von Pirquet introduces skin test for TB. -
Greene Vardiman
Greene Vardiman Black, the leading reformer and educator of American dentistry, publishes his monumental two-volume treatise Operative Dentistry -
acrylic resin
Oskar Hagger, a Swiss chemist, develops the first system of bonding acrylic resin to dentin. -
cast fillings
William Taggart invents a “lost wax” casting machine, allowing dentists to make precision cast fillings. -
National Committee for Mental Hygiene
National Committee for Mental Hygiene founded to promote prevention and cure of mental diseases. -
formal training
The first formal training program for dental nurses is established at the Ohio College of Dental Surgery by Cyrus M. Wright -
laparoscopy
Dr. Hans Christian Jacobaeus, a Swedish internist, performed the first laparoscopy on a human. He punctured the abdominal walls of 17 patients, using cocaine as a local anesthetic, and removed fluid from their abdomens -
treatment for spyhillis
German researcher Paul Erhlich tests salversan, first treatment effective against syphilis; regarded as birth of modern chemotherapy. -
Navy institutes its Dental
The U.S. Army Dental Corps is established as the first armed services dental corps in the U.S. The Navy institutes its Dental Corps in 1912. -
gas mask
a protective mask used to cover a person's face as a defense against poisonous gas. -
vitamin A
Elmer V. McCollum and associates isolate Vitamin A. -
The "No Fee-Splitting" Pledge
A motion was made and passed that each Fellow should pledge not to split fees -
control of cancer
American Society for the Control of Cancer, later renamed the American Cancer Society, is founded. -
Requirements for Fellowship Lead to 60 Percent Rejection Rate
Requirements for Fellowship Lead to 60 Percent Rejection Rate.
The requirements for Fellowship in the College were set forth in the first report of Franklin H. Martin -
dental hygienist
dental hygienist becomes known as the Father of Dental Hygiene. -
Royal College of Surgeons
Lister's Gavel Presented by Royal College of Surgeons -
license of chiropractic
The first state law licensing chiropractors was passed in 1913 -
The College Teams Up with the Ladies' Home Journal to Take On Cancer
At a time when cancer was thought by the public and many physicians to be contagious and incurable, the College collaborated with the American Society for the Control of Cancer -
Polio
Polio epidemics break out in New York and Boston; polio outbreaks continue sporadically in summers for decades to come. -
Irene Newman
Irene Newman receives the world’s first dental hygiene license in Connecticut. -
Influenza
An influenza pandemic kills 15 million people worldwide, 600,000 of them in the United States -
nylon toothbrush
The nylon toothbrush, the first made with synthetic bristles, appears on the market. -
NIDR
National Institute of Dental Research and initiating federal funding for dental research. Dr. H. Trendley Dean is appointed its first director -
hydrogen proxide
helps keep cuts or sores from infection. -
water fluoridation era begins
water fluoridation era begins when the cities of Newburgh, New York, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, add sodium fluoride to their public water systems. -
anemia cure
not enough circulation in your blood, trouble with iron -
whooping cough
First vaccine for pertussis (whooping cough). -
insulin
Fedrick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin. used for treating diabetes -
heart dieseas
Association for the Prevention and Relief of Heart Disease, later renamed the American Heart Association, is founded. -
fluoride toothpastes
The first fluoride toothpastes are marketed. -
epilopsy treatment
Phenobarbital is a substance discovred in 1911. In 1920, it is first used to cases od epilepsy.
