Medicinal Discoveries of the Silent Generation By kerrim81 Dec 20, 1926 First vaccine to pertussis was discovered Dec 20, 1927 Vaccine for tuberculosis was discovered Dec 20, 1927 Vaccine for tetanus was discovered Dec 20, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penecillian Dec 20, 1929 Hans Berger discovers human electroencephalography Dec 20, 1932 Researchers discovered Riboflavin, vitamin B3 Dec 20, 1933 Manfred Sakel discovered insulin shock therapy Dec 20, 1935 Vaccine for Yellow fever was discovered Dec 20, 1935 Discovery of Protonsil, a sulfa drug for streptacoccus Dec 20, 1936 Tabern and Volwiler codiscovered Pentothal Dec 20, 1936 Prefrontal lobatamy for mental illness was discovered Dec 20, 1937 Vaccine for Typhus was discovered Dec 20, 1938 Electroconvulsive therapy was discovered by Cerletti and Bini Dec 20, 1940 Method to produce usable form of penicillian was discovered Dec 20, 1941 First clinical trials of penecillian shows it has ability to cure infections Dec 20, 1943 Waksman discovers streptomycin, later used in the treatment of tuberculosis Dec 20, 1945 First successful kidney dialysis Dec 20, 1945 First influenza vaccine was discovered Dec 20, 1947 Parke Davis announces discovery of antibiotic chloromycetin Dec 20, 1948 Discovery of cortisone. Philip Showalter Hench and Edward Kendall first used it in 1948 to treat a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Dec 20, 1949 First implant of an intraocular lens by Sir Harold Ridley Dec 20, 1950 John Hopps invented first cardiac pacemaker Dec 20, 1950 Pfizer announces discovery of Terramycin Dec 20, 1952 Jonas Salk invents the polio vaccine