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Stethoscope
René Laennec, in the early 1800's, invented a device that allows you to listen to someone's heart and it beating. -
Anaesthesia
Became with the first successful surgical procedure performed on by John Collins Warren. It is an administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations and is an insensitivity to pain. -
Aspirin
Felix Hoffmann invented a type of medicine that can relieves pain, reduce fever, and inflammation. -
Antibiotics
Discovered by Alexander Fleming. Drug used in treatments and prevent bacterial infections by targeting bacteria cells that human cells don't have. -
Dialysis Machine
Willem J. Kolff invented the first Dialysis Machine also thought of as an artificial kidney. The machine filters a patient's blood to remove excess water and waste products when somethings wrong with the kidneys. -
Microscope
Zacharias Janssen invented an instrument that allows you to look at extremely small objects. -
Kidney Transplant
Preformed first by Dr. Joseph E. Murray. An organ transplant for patients with end-stage renal disease or kidney failure. -
Cardiac Pacemaker
Wilson Greatbatch is the inventor of the cardiac pacemaker which generates electrical impulses delivered by electrodes to contract the heart muscles and regulate the electrical conduction system of the heart. -
Balloon Embolectomy Catheter
Invented by Thomas Fogarty, a device that removes fresh emboli in the arterial system. -
Genetic Fingerprinting Method
A method used to identification by extracting and identifying the base-pair pattern of an individual's DNA which was created by Alec Jeffreys.
