Health Care Discoveries

  • Microscope

    Microscope

    Built by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek.
    This helped increase magnification to see small objects.
  • Mercury Thermometer

    Mercury Thermometer

    Created by Gabriel Fahrenheit.
    The Mercury Thermometer took temperatures for ill people.
  • Element Oxygen

    Element Oxygen

    Discovered by Joseph Priestly.
    This was a scientific discovery that helped scientists and research and was added to the periodic table.
  • Tube Feeding

    Tube Feeding

    Invented by John Hunter.
    This helped ill people who couldn't eat, gain nutrition without having to chew and swallow.
  • Bifocals

    Bifocals

    Invented by Benjamin Franklin.
    This invention helped people with blurry vision see clearly.
  • Small Pox Vaccine

    Small Pox Vaccine

    Founded by Edward Jenner.
    This helped prevent people to get small pox before it happened.
  • Stethoscope

    Stethoscope

    Invented by Rene Laennec.
    The stethoscope was designed to help health care workers listen to their patients breathing and heart beats.
  • Ether Anesthetic

    Ether Anesthetic

    Began use by Dr. William Morton.
    Beginning of putting patients to sleep for operations.
  • Electrical Hearing Aid

    Electrical Hearing Aid

    Invented by Francis Clarke and M.G. Foster.
    This invention helped those who couldn't hear well, hear clearly.
  • American Red Cross

    American Red Cross

    Founded by Clara Barton.
    The American Red Cross helped those who had less and couldn't afford medicines receive the help the needed.
  • Rabies Vaccine

    Rabies Vaccine

    Invented by Louis Pasteur.
    This vaccine helped people stay immune from receiving diseases from animals.
  • Viruses

    Viruses

    Discovered by Dimitri Ivanofski.
    This helped people become aware of the germs and sicknesses and learn to dispose of them.
  • Vaccine for Diphtheria

    Vaccine for Diphtheria

    Founded by Dr. Emile Roux of Paris.
    This vaccine helped people be immune to receiving Diphtheria which is an infection of the nose and throat.
  • X-Rays

    X-Rays

    Discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen.
    This helped health care workers see inside of their patients bodies to get a closer look.
  • Aspirin

    Aspirin

    Discovered by Bayer.
    Bayer introduced Aspirin in a powdered form which helped the healing system speed up.
  • Typhoid Vaccine

    Typhoid Vaccine

    Developed by Dr. Harry Plotz.
    This vaccine helped people partly by preventing disease spread through food, water or close contact.
  • Isolated Radium

    Isolated Radium

    Founded by Marie Curie.
    By isolating radium, this helped treat prostate cancer
  • Use of Insulin

    Use of Insulin

    Discovered by Federick Banting and Charles Best.
    This helped treat Diabetes.
  • Penicillin

    Penicillin

    Discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming.
    Penicillin is a group of antibiotics that helps treat certain infections caused by bacteria.
  • Polio Vaccine

    Polio Vaccine

    Developed by Jonas Sal.
    This helped people stay immune from receiving paralysis.