Medicine Timeline By Janet_13 Jan 3, 1867 Joseph Lister develops the use of antiseptic in surgery Jan 3, 1870 Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur establish the germ theory of disease Jan 4, 1879 First vaccine developed for cholera Jan 3, 1950 First Organ Transplant Jan 3, 1952 Polio Vaccine was created Jan 3, 1953 DNA discovered Jan 3, 1954 Report says Cigarettes causes Cancer Jan 3, 1960 Lasers invented Jan 3, 1987 DNA First used to Convict Criminals Jan 3, 1992 First vaccine developed for hepatitis A