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The history of medicine

By nklesmith

  • William Harvey described the circulation of blood to and from the heart

  • Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer

  • Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox

  • Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope

    Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope

  • Gregory Mendel established the patterns of heredity

  • Dr. Horace Wells, American dentist, uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic

  • Louis Pasteur began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria

  • Florence Nightengale became the founder of modern nursing

  • Joseph Lister began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery

    Joseph Lister began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery

  • First vaccination for cholera

  • Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross

    Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross

  • Robert Koch developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens

  • William Roentgen discovered X-rays

    William Roentgen discovered X-rays

  • first vaccination for plague

  • Marie Curie isolated radium

  • Egyptians were the earliest people known to maintain an accurate health record

  • Insulin first used to treat diabetes

  • Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

    Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

  • Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine

    Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine

  • Dr. Joseph E. Murray performs the first kidney transplant between identical twins

  • South African heart surgean Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the first human heart transplant

  • First vaccination for rubella

  • First test-tube baby is born

    First test-tube baby is born

  • HIV, the virus that causes AIDS is identified