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1st successful blood transfusion
Jean-Baptiste Denis in France and Richard Lower and Edmund King in England separately from sheep to humans -
1st american hospital opened
at first this was just a temporary hospital, but by 1804 the third wing was completed, Benjamin Franklin was key in this -
first vaccination
this was the 1st vaccine ever developed, it was for smallpox -
chloroform is found
cloroform was first found by American physician Samuel Guthrie -
louis pasteur proves that micro-organisms exist
he presented this to scientists at the University of Paris -
1st successful heart surgery
preformed by Dr. Ludwig Rehn -
antibiotics are accidentally discovered
found by Alexander Flemming -
1st cardiac pacemaker developed
developed by canadian, John Hopps -
polio vaccine applied nationwide
developed by Jonas Stalk -
baboon heart implanted into a little girl who survived for 3 weeks
team headed by Leonard L. Bailey
