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Important Discoveries

Discovery Year Person Country
Circulation of blood 1628 William Harvey (Father of Physiology) Britain
Biochemistry 1648 Jan Baptista Van Helmont Belgium
Bacteria 1683 Leeuwenhock Netherlands
Physiology 1757-1766 Albrecht Von Haller Switzerland
Vaccination 1796 Edward Jenner (Father of Immunigation) Britain
Stethoscope 1819 Rene Laennec France
Morphine 1805 Friderich Sertumer Germany
Chloroform as anasethetic 1847 James Simpson Britain
Hypodermic Syringe 1853 Alexander Wood Britain
Rabies Vaccine 1860 Louis Pasteur France
Bacteriology 1872 Ferdinand Cohn Germany
Cholera, T. B. germs 1877 Robert Koch (Father of Medicine) Germany
Malaria germs 1880 Laveran France
Aspirin 1889 Dreser Germany
Virology 1892 Ivanovski & Bejerinck Russia, Netherlands
Psycho-(Dream) analysis 1895 Sigmund Freud Austria
Anti-toxin (science of immunity) 1890 Behring & Kitasato Germany, Japan
Electro-cardiograph 1903 Willam Einthoven Netherlands
Typhus Vaccine 1909 J. Nicolle France
Sex Hormones 1910 Eugen Steinach Austria
Vitamins 1912 Sir F.G. Hopkins Britain
Synthetic antigens 1917 Landsteiner USA
Insulin for Diabetes 1921 Banting & Best Canada
Peniciliin 1928 Alexander Fleming Britain
Electro-encephalogram 1929 Hans Berger Germany
Cardiac Pacemaker 1932 A.D.S. Hyman USA
D.D.T. (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) 1939 Paul Muller Germany
Rh-factor 1940 Karl Landsteiner USA
LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) 1943 Hoffman Switzerland
Streptomycin 1944 Selman Waksmann USA
Kidney Machine 1944 Kolf Netherlands
Chloromycetin 1947 Burkholder USA
Aureomycin 1948 Duggar USA
Reserpine 1949 Jal Vakil India
Terramycin 1950 Finlay & Others USA
Cryo-Surgery 1953 Henry Swan USA
Open Heart Surgery 1953 Walton Lillehel USA
Poliomyelitis Vaccine 1954 Jonas Salk and Sabin USA
Oral Contraceptive Pills 1955 Gregory Pincus USA
Artificial Heart 1957 Willam Kolff Netherlands
Use of artificial heart (for Surgery) 1963 Michael de Bakey USA
Heart Transplant Surgery 1967 Christian Barnard S. Africa
CAT Scanner 1968 Godfrey Hounsfield Britain
First Test Tube Baby 1978 Steptoe & Edwards Britain
Small Pox eradicated 1980 W.H.O. Declaration USA
Genes associated with Cancer (Oncogenes) 1982 Robert Weinberg & others USA
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