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National Tuberculosis Association
The National Tuberculosis Association is founded to eradicate tuberculosis. The need for the prevention and cure of tuberculosis required a need for the discovery of how this disease worked, therefore a need for a way to research the disease without experimenting on humans. -
American Society for the Control of Cancer
The American Society for the Control of Cancer, is founded to educate the general population about cancer -
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Influenza
15 million people worldwide are killed in an influenza pandemic, 600,000 are killed in the United States alone. -
Diabetes Research
Frederick Banting creates the first effective treatment for diabetes. -
Penicillin
Alexander Fleming creates Penicillin by finding a substance in mucus that kills bacterial infections. -
Syphilis Research
The U.S. Public Health Service and the Tuskegee Institute starts to study the history of syphilis, and conducts research without the patients consent. -
Protosil
Gerhard Domagk creates the drug Prontosil to combat the streptococcus virus -
Blood Bank
The first blood bank is created at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. -
March of Dimes
The March of Dimes is started in order to research and potentially treat polio in the country’s youth.