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Invention of the Microscope
Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope. -
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Technological Advancements in Medicine
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Canines Used To Help Knowledge of Transfering Medicine
Sir Christopher Wren was the first to administer medications intravenously by means of an animal bladder attached to a sharpened quill. -
First Documented Human Blood Transfusion
Dr. Jean - Baptiste Denys from France infused the blood of a sheep into a little boy. -
Newly Created Microscope
Anton van Leewenhoek refines the microscope -
First Oxygen Prepared
Oxygen first prepared by the Swedish chemist Scheele, who called it "fire air." -
Nitrous Oxide 's Anesthetic Property
Sir Humphrey Davis discovered laughing gas' anesthetic property while he was an assistant at an institution. -
Stethescope Invented
Rene Laennec invents the stethescope. It is still considered the physician's most useful tool today. -
First Successful Heart Surgery
George Callender performs the first successful heart surgery on a patient stabbed by a long needle in his coat during a fight. -
Cholera Vaccine Developed
The first vaccine for cholera was developed. -
Rabies Vaccination Created
The first vaccine for rabies was developed. -
First Film Oxygenator
Von Frey and Gruber introduce the first film oxygenator. -
Medical Use of X-Rays
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovers medical use of X-rays in medical imaging -
Stereotactic Method
Victor Horsley and R. Clarke invents the stereotactic method. This method is a minimally form of surgical intervention which makes use of a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body and to perform on them some action. -
Diphtheria Vaccine
The first vaccine for diphtheria was developed. "Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Symptoms usually occur 2 to 5 days after you have come in contact with the bacteria." -NCBI -
Cure For Streptococcus Developed
Gerhard Domagk develops a chemotherapeutic cure for streptococcus (known as strep). -
Yellow Fever Vaccine
The Yellow Fever Vaccine was developed to cure this disease. -
Measles Vaccine
The first vaccine for measles was developed. -
CT Scanner
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield invents the first commercial CT scanner. -
Pneumonia Vaccine
The first vaccine for pneumonia was developed. -
Human Skin Cells
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
