Medical Advances from 1865-1929 (C.C.)

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    Medical Advances from 1865-1929 (C.C.)

  • Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur Create the "Germ Theory of Disease"

    Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur Create the "Germ Theory of Disease"

    The Germ Theory of Disease was the discovery that bacteria, or certain microorganisms are the cause of a specific disease or disease process. A milestone towards overall disease prevention in public health. Koch built on earler studies by Pasteur. Studies were performed in Germany. (pic:www.google.com/koch/pasteur)
  • Louis Pasteur invents Anthrax vaccine for cattle/sheep and other affected animals.

    Louis Pasteur invents Anthrax vaccine for cattle/sheep and other affected animals.

    A vaccine for a deadly disease affecting cattle and sheep is invented by Louis Pasteur in France. This vaccine was for the prevention of the disease in animals but not yet for humans.(pic:www.google.com/search/anthrax/pasteur)
  • Louis Pasteur Invents Rabies vaccine

    Louis Pasteur Invents Rabies vaccine

    Pasteur invents this vaccine against a previously incurable, painful and fatal condition. The vaccine was administered to a young boy bitten by a rabid dog with success in Alcace, France.(pic:www.google.com/search/rabies).
  • Electrocardiogram (EKG / ECG) Is Invented

    Electrocardiogram (EKG / ECG) Is Invented

    Discovered by Dr. Willem Einthoven in Leiden, The Netherlands. This is the first recorded electrical tracing of a human heart rhythm.
    (pic:www.clinicalmonster.com/2015/07/legends-medicine-history-ekg)
  • Diagnostic Test for Syphilis Is Introduced by August von Wassermann

    Diagnostic Test for Syphilis Is Introduced by August von Wassermann

    Researcher von Wassermann introduces this test in Germany. This test was a blood test and the first to detect the presence of the disease in the body prior to manifestation of symptoms.(pic:www.google.com/search/wassermann).
  • Fredrick G. Banting and his assistant C. H. Best isolate Insulin

    Fredrick G. Banting and his assistant C. H. Best isolate Insulin

    Banting and Best isolate the first effective treatment for Diabetes in Toronto, Canada.(pic:www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/insulindiscovery).
  • Sir Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin

    Sir Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin

    Fleming discovers the first substance to kill disease-causing bacteria in London, England. Revolutionalized medicine by now having a "bacterial killer" or cure for many diseases.(pic:www.google.com/search/fleming).