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Timeline Assignment

By andreafaithh

  • Bifocals

    Bifocals
    Year- 1784
    Inventor- Benjamin Franklin
    Bifocals are used for vision correction.
    It's a lense with two different areas of vision correction. The top portion of the lense is used for distance, while the bottom portion is used for closer vision

  • Vaccines

    Vaccines
    Year- 1796
    Inventor- Edward Jenner.
    Used to prevent viruses.
    They prepare the body to fight disease without exposing it to the disease symptoms.

  • Nebulizer

    Nebulizer
    Year- 1858
    Inventor- Sales-Girons.
    Uses pressure to atomize liquid medicine.

  • X-Ray

    X-Ray
    Year- 1895
    Inventor- Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.
    Used to penetrate o pass through the body & produce shadow-like images of structures such as bones, some of the organs, signs of disease & injury.

  • Insulin

    Insulin
    Year- 1921 Inventor- Frederick Banting. Used to to control blood pressure in people who have type one or type two diabetes.

  • Vitamin D

    Vitamin D
    Year-1922
    Inventor- Edward Mellanby.
    Used for treating weak bones, bone pain, bone loss & inherited disease.

  • Penicillin

    Penicillin
    Year- 1928
    Inventor- Alexander Fleming. Used to fight bacteria in your body.

  • Antibiotics

    Antibiotics
    Year- 1928
    Inventor- Alexander Fleming. Used to destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria.

  • Cardiac Pacemaker

    Cardiac Pacemaker
    Year- 1960
    Inventor- Wilson Greatbatch.
    Used to control abnormal heart rhythms.

  • MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Scanner

    MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Scanner
    Year- 1977
    Inventor- Raymond Vahan Damadian.
    Uses radiology technique that uses magnetism, radio waves, and computer to produce images of body structures.