10 discoveries in medicine

By jerwin58
  • Discovery of anesthesia

    Discovery of anesthesia

    A dentist William T.G. Morton administered the first successful general anesthetic to a patient
  • First contact lenses

    First contact lenses

    Adolf Fick created a glass contact lens to correct vision
  • Development of aspirin

    Development of aspirin

    Felix Hoffman created this drug to cure his father's rheumatism, but it ultimately turned into a universal pain reliever
  • Blood type classification

    Blood type classification

    Karl Landsteiner introduces A, AB, B, and O blood type system
  • First vaccine for tuberculosis

    First vaccine for tuberculosis

    Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin developed the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine against tuberculosis and is still in use today
  • Discovery of penicillin

    Discovery of penicillin

    Discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, this helped increase survival rate of infections and not require amputations
  • First flu vaccine

    First flu vaccine

    Influenza vaccine developed to treat soldiers of World War II
  • Discovery of DNA

    Discovery of DNA

    Discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953. Discovery led to being able to study human genetics and origins of diseases
  • Approval of birth control

    Approval of birth control

    Approved by FDA in 1960, allows unwanted pregnancy to be prevented and thus help families who do not want a child or are not prepared for one.
  • CAT scan development

    CAT scan development

    Godfrey Hounsfield invented the CAT scan in 1975, making x-rays quicker and easier to assess situations