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Medical History

By beccakurszewski19
  • U.S. Declares Independance

    U.S. Declares Independance

  • Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox

    Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox

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    U.S. Civil War

  • Clara Barton founded the Red Cross

    Clara Barton founded the Red Cross

  • William Roentgen discovered X-Ray

    William Roentgen discovered X-Ray

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    6th Colera pandemic

  • Marie Curie Isoloated radium

    Marie Curie Isoloated radium

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    WW1

  • Polio epidemic occurs in New York City 2300 children die

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    Famine in Ethiopia

  • Influenza pandemic

  • Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

    Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

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    Russain famine- 7 million dead

  • March of Dimes is founded as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

    March of Dimes is founded as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

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    WW2

  • Japanese attack Changteh with cholera: 117,000 dead

  • Jonas Salk developed the Polio Vaccine

    Jonas Salk developed the Polio Vaccine

  • Minamata disease occurs in Japan

  • Asian Flu edidemic

  • U.S. tests nonpathogenic ANTHRAX in N.Y.C. subway system

    U.S. tests nonpathogenic ANTHRAX in N.Y.C. subway system

    shows eas of spread.

  • First appearance of Leginnaires' diseae

    in Philidelphia 221 are sick and 34 are dead
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    Human anthrax epidemic occurs in Zimbabwe

  • Anthrax epidemic at Sverdlovsk, USSR (now Russia)

  • Toxic Shock syndrome (TSS) is linked to Tampon use

  • Bhopal Disaster occurs

    causes approximately 4,000 deaths and some 400,000 individuals are still affected as a result of the chemical reaction & release.

  • Mad Cow disease is first identified

  • Rotary International and WHO launch PolioPlus program

    Rotary International and WHO launch PolioPlus program

    aims to eradicate polio from the world by 2005

  • 1 in 6 babies born in N.Y.C. is HIV positive

  • First diagnosis of Gulf War syndrome

    in 1996 the U.S. Department of Defense announces no evidence for its existence

  • Massive Escherichia coli outbreak ins treaced to fast-food burgers

  • Milwaukee- 400,000 people are sick from Cryptosporidium contaminated water

    Milwaukee- 400,000 people are sick from Cryptosporidium contaminated water

  • Pan American Health Organization declares the Americas free of polio

  • Outbreaks of bubonic and pneumonic plague are seen in India