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Medical advancements in the progressive era.
On what is considered to be the birth date of modern medicine, Dr. John Collins Warren was the first to make it public of his use of anesthesia on patient Gilbert Abbot to remove a tumor from his jaw. The surgery, done in the Boston, Massechusettes general hospital, was a success. -
Beginning Reconstruction.
Note: date given is approximate. During the beginning years of The Reconstruction Era, many people came to par to come up with a plan to re-unite the Union and make America a whole again. Two of these plans, and probably the most famous of them are: the Hugs plan, and the Slugs plan. The Hugs plan, created by President Lincoln, was a plan to easily allow the South to re-unite with the Union. The Skugs plan, created by Thaddus, a radical Republican, is a harder, more punishment filled plan. -
Licoln's assassination.
On April 4th, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at a play by John Wilkes Booth four days after the end of the Civil War. -
Andrew Johnson Presidency.
in 1865, after Lincolns assassination, Andrew Johnson is sworn into office to become America's 17th President. -
John Wilkes booth executed.
On April 26,. 1865, John Wilkes booth is executed for the crime of assassinating President Abraham Lincoln. -
Grant is a Four Star General.
on this day, General Grant is appointed America's First Four Star General, at the recommendation of Andrew Johnson. -
General Grant is a canidate.
in 1868 General Grant is made to be the Republicans Presidentail canidate for the elections. He faces Schuler Colfax, Horatic Seymour, and Francis Blair. Grant wins 214 to 80 having over 52% of the popular vote. Being 46, he was the youngest president of his time. -
Rutherford B. Hayes reaches compromise.
On this day, Rutherford B. Hayes reached a compromise with congress in a controversial election in exchange for his guaranteal of oprintinuty of election, granted he acknowledged democratic control of the entire South. -
X- Ray discovery.
In 1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovers X- rays. No specific date available. -
The firstplague vaccine.
The first plague vaccine is developed. No specific date available. -
The first Cardiologist
Dr. Paul Dudley White becomes one of America's first cardiologists, a doctor specializing in the heart. He also was a pioneer in the use of the electrocardiograph and its uses as a diagnostic tool. No specific date available. -
The first aspirin.
Felix Hoffman develops the first usable aspirin. No specific date available. -
blood compatibility.
in 1901 Austrian-American Karl Landsteiner describes blood compatibility and rejection. in 1907 the first human blood transplant using Landsteiners teqnuique was succesful. no specific date available.
