Medicine- josh priest By joshpriest Jan 1, 1901 Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Jan 2, 1901 Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Jan 1, 2006 Medicine timeline Jan 1, 1907 1907 First successful human blood transfusion using Landsteiner's ABO blood typing technique Jan 1, 1913 Dr. Paul Dudley White pioneers the use of the electrocardiograph - ECG Jan 1, 1921 Edward Mellanby discovers that lack of vitamin D in the diet causes ricketsEarle Dickson Invented the Band-Aid Jan 1, 1922 Insulin first used to treat diabetes. Jan 1, 1923 First vaccine developed for diphtheria Jan 1, 1926 First vaccine developed for whooping cough Jan 1, 1927 First vaccine developed for tuberculosis Jan 1, 1928 Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Oct 19, 1932 Gerhard Domagk develops a chemotherapeutic cure for streptococcus Jan 1, 1935 First vaccine developed for yellow fever Jan 1, 1942 Doctor Karl Theodore Dussik publishes the first paper on medical ultrasonics - ultrasound Jan 1, 1943 Selman A. Waksman discovers the antibiotic streptomycin Jan 1, 1945 First vaccine developed for influenza Jan 1, 1950 John Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker Jan 1, 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick work on the structure of the DNA molecule Jan 1, 1954 Gertrude Elion patented a leukemia-fighting drugDr. Joseph E. Murray performs the first kidney transplant Jan 1, 1955 Jonas Salk develops the first polio vaccine Jan 1, 1957 William Grey Walter invents the brain EEG topography (toposcope) Jan 1, 1963 Thomas Fogarty invented the balloon embolectomy catheter Oct 1, 1964 First vaccine developed for measles. Jan 1, 1967 First vaccine developed for mumps Oct 16, 1970 First vaccine developed for rubella Jan 1, 1974 First vaccine developed for chicken pox Jan 1, 1975 Robert S. Ledley invents CAT-Scans Jan 1, 1978 First test-tube baby is born Jan 1, 1981 First vaccine developed for hepatitis B Jan 1, 1983 HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is identified Jan 1, 1984 Alec Jeffreys devises a genetic fingerprinting method Jan 1, 1985 Willem J. Kolff invented the artificial kidney dialysis machine Jan 1, 1992 First vaccine developed for hepatitis A. Jan 1, 1998 First vaccine for lyme disease Jan 1, 2001 Artificial Liver - Kenneth Matsumura Jan 1, 2006 First vaccine to target a cause of cancer
