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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek refines the microscope. Discovers blood cells and observe animal and plant tissues.
Antonie van Leeuwenhookthe infusoria (protists in modern zoological classification), in 1674
the bacteria, (e.g., large Selenomonads from the human mouth), in 1676[27]
the vacuole of the cell.
the spermatozoa in 1677.
the banded pattern of muscular fibers, in 1682. -
Small Pox Vaccine, Edward Jenner
Edward JennerHe was an English physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. He is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other human". -
First successful blood transfusion from British Obstetrician, James Blundell
James Blundell Regardless of the date, it is agreed upon that Dr. Blundell extracted four ounces of blood from the arm of the patient's husband using a syringe, and successfully transfused it into the patient. Over the course of five years, he conducted ten documented blood tranfusions, five of which were beneficial to the patients, and published these results. -
Crawford W. Long uses ether as a general anesthetic during surgery.
Crawford LongLong used ether for the first time on March 30, 1842 to remove a tumor from the neck of a patient, James M. Venable, in Jefferson, Georgia. Long subsequently removed a second tumor from Venable and used ether as an anesthetic in amputations and childbirth. -
Lister successfully introduced carbolic acid (now known as phenol) to sterilise surgical instruments and to clean wounds, which led to a reduction in post-operative infections and made surgery safer for patients.
Joseph Lister Lister successfully introduced carbolic acid (now known as phenol) to sterilise surgical instruments and to clean wounds, which led to a reduction in post-operative infections and made surgery safer for patients. Lister championed the use of carbolic acid as an antiseptic, such that it became the first widely used antiseptic in surgery. -
Discovery of Insulin
Medical Advances Timeline While studying the structure of the pancreas under a microscope, Paul Langerhans, a medical student in Berlin, identified some previously unnoticed tissue clumps scattered throughout the bulk of the pancreas. -
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James Watson and Francis Crick at Cambridge University describe the structure of the DNA molecule.
Medical Advances Timeline James Watson and Francis Crick at Cambridge University describe the structure of the DNA molecule. -
Jonas Salk discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine.
Medical Advances Timeline Discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
Human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
Medical Advances TimelineScientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
