Medicine Timeline

  • Joseph Lister develops the use of antiseptic in surgery

    Joseph Lister develops the use of antiseptic in surgery

  • Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur establish the germ theory of disease

    Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur establish the germ theory of disease

  • First vaccine developed for cholera

    First vaccine developed for cholera

  • First Organ Transplant

    First Organ Transplant

  • Polio Vaccine was created

    Polio Vaccine was created

  • DNA discovered

    DNA discovered

  • Report says Cigarettes causes Cancer

    Report says Cigarettes causes Cancer

  • Lasers invented

    Lasers invented

  • DNA First used to  Convict Criminals

    DNA First used to Convict Criminals

  • First vaccine developed for hepatitis A

    First vaccine developed for hepatitis A