medicine development of the 1800s

By zacharywinder

  • smallpox vaccine

    Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease

  • ether / anesthetic

    Crawford W. Long uses ether as a general anesthetic

  • nitrous oxide/ anesthetic

    Dr. Horace Wells uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic

  • prevention of puerperal feaver

    Ignaz Semmelweis discovers how to the prevent the transmission of puerperal fever

  • germs cause disease

    Louis Pasteur identifies germs as cause of disease

  • vaccine for cholera

    First vaccine developed for cholera

  • anthrax vaccine

    First vaccine developed for anthrax by Louis Pasteur

  • rabies vaccine/ TB bacillus

    First vaccine for developed for rabies by Louis Pasteur, and Koch discovers the TB bacillus

  • tetanous/ diphtheria vaccines

    Emil von Behring discovers antioxins and develops tetanus and diphtheria vaccines

  • typhoid feaver

    First vaccine developed for typhoid fever

  • bubonic plague

    First vaccine developed for Bubonic plague

  • developement of asprin

    Felix Hoffman develops aspirin