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Dec 17, 1493
Paracelsus
1493-1541
He developed a new approach to medicine and philosophy based on observation and experience. He is also credited for giving zinc its name, calling it zincum,and for the terms "gas", "chemistry", and "alcohol" That is to say, substances considered toxic are harmless in small doses, and conversely an ordinarily harmless substance can be deadly if over-consumed.Paracelsus pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine. -
Penecillin
In 1928, bacteriologist Alexander Fleming made a chance discovery from an already discarded, contaminated Petri dish. The mold that had contaminated the experiment turned out to contain a powerful antibiotic, penicillin. However, though Fleming was credited with the discovery, it was over a decade before someone else turned penicillin into the miracle drug for the 20th century. -
H1N1 vaccine
An experiment based on the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic may have helped scientists move closer to developing a universal flu vaccine, according to a new study. Researchers at Imperial College London, in England, asked 342 staff members and students to donate blood samples right as the pandemic was increasing. By using bacteria from the virus they were able to find a way to make people immune to it without giving them the flu! -
Most recent medical advancement
The rate of heart attacks have decreased by 40% in the pass 25 years. They use drugs like genetically engineered tissue plasminogen activator or tPA to get rid of the blood clot in the heart. This clot is what causes the heart attack. Because of this drugs fatality rates have decreased and more people are living.