Medicine and scientific advances 1900-1920

  • Chromatography

    Chromatography
    Chromatography was first employed in Russia by the Italian-born scientist Mikhail Tsvet. He continued to work with chromatography, primarily for the separation of plant pigments such as chlorophyll, carotenes, and xanthophylls. It was really important due to it contributed to biology and in the study of plants and colors.
  • Term of cytoskeleton

    Term of cytoskeleton
    Nikolai K. Koltsov proposed that the shape of cells was determined by a network of tubules that he termed the cytoskeleton. This was very important because he was the first one to discover something about the cell's content and he lead to the complete discovery of how these cytoskeleton functions and what it is about.
  • Auscultatory technique

    Auscultatory technique
    The Auscultatory technique for blood pressure measurement was invented by Nikolai Korotkov, who was a Russian Surgeon. During the Russo-Japanese War, he returned to St Petersburg in April 1905 he began to prepare his thesis, but it was a presentation to the Imperial Military Medical Academy.
  • National Railways of Mexico

    National Railways of Mexico
    Was a decentralized public agency of Mexico, created by Porfirio Diaz. It was really important due to it coveredmore than 19 thousand miles, facilitating travel to the people although this lead to a radical change in the government: the Mexican Revolution.
  • Hydroplane

    Hydroplane
    Igor Sikorsky was a Russian inventor and he created the first hydroplane in the world and then the first multiple-engine aircraft.It is important because he developed the helicopter.