Medicine General Knowledge 2011

Medicine General Knowledge 2011

Milestones in Medicine

S.No.Discovery / InventionYearDiscoverer / InventorCountry
1Adrenaline1894Schafer and OliverBritain
2Anesthesia, Local1885KollerAustria
3Anesthesia, Spinal1898BierGermany
4Anti - Toxins (Science of Immunity)1890Behring and KitasatoGermany, Japan
5Aspirin1889DreserGermany
6Ayurveda2000 - 1000 BC-India
7Bacteria1683LeeuwenhockNetherlands
8Bacteriology1872Ferdinand CohnGermany
9Biochemistry1648Jan Baptista Van HelmontBelgium
10Blood Plasma Storage (Blood bank)1940DrewU.S.A
11Blood Transfusion1625Jean - Baptiste DenysFrance



12Cardiac Pacemaker1932A.S HymanU.S.A
13CAT Scanner1968Godfrey HounsfieldBritain
14Chemotherapy1493 - 1541ParacelsusSwitzerland
15Chloroform as Anaesthetic1847James SimpsonBritain
16Chloromycetin1947BurkholderU.S.A
17Cholera T.B germs1877Robert KochGermany
18Circulation of blood1628William HarveyBritain
19Cryo - Surgery1953Henry SwanU.S.A
20Diphtheria germs1883 - 84Klebs and LofflerGermany
21Electro - Cardiograph1903Willem EinthovenNetherlands
22Electro - Encephalogram1929Hand BergerGermany
23Embryology1792 - 1896Kari Ernest Van BaerEstonia
24Endocrinology1902Bayliss and StarlingBritain
25First Test Tube Baby1978Steptoe and EdwardsBritain
26Gene Therapy on humans1980Martin CliveU.S.A
27Genes Associated with Cancer1982Robert Weinberg and OthersU.S.A
28Heart Transplant Surgery1967Christian BarnardS. Africa
29Histology1771 - 1802Marie BichatFrance
30Hypodermic syringe1853Alexander woodBritain
31Kidney Machine1944KolfNetherlands
32Leprosy Bacillus1873HansenNorway
33LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)1943HoffmanSwitzerland
34Malaria Germs1880LaveranFrance
35Morphine1805Friderich SertumerGermany
36Neurology1758 - 1828Franz Joseph GallGermany
37Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging1971Raymond DamadianU.S.A
38Open Heart Surgery1953Walton LillehelU.S.A
39Oral Contraceptive Pills1955Gregory Pincus, RockU.S.A
40Penicillin1928Alexander FlemingBritain
41Physiology1757 - 66Albrecht Von HallerSwitzerland
42Positron Emission Tomography1978Louis SokoloffU.S.A
43Rabies Vaccine1860Louis PasteurFrance
44Recombinant - DNA technology1972 - 73Paul Berg, H.W. Boyer, S CohenU.S.A
45Reserpine1949Jal VakilIndia
46Rh - Factor1940Karl LandsteinerU.S.A
47Serology1884 - 1915Paul EhrlichGermany
48Sex hormones1910Eugen SteinachAustralia
49Small Pox eradicated1980W.H.O DeclarationUN
50Stethoscope1819Rene LaennecFrance
51Streptomycin1944Selman WaksmannU.S.A
52Synthetic Antigens1917LandsteinerU.S.A
53Terramycin1950Finlay and OthersU.S.A
54Thyroxin1919Edward Calvin - KendallU.S.A
55Typhus Vaccine1909J. NicolleFrance
56Vaccination1796Edward JennerBritain
57Vaccine, Measles1963EndersU.S.A
58Vaccine, Meningitis1987Gardon, et al. Connaught LabU.S.A
59Vaccine, Polio1954Jonas SalkU.S.A
60Vaccine, Polio - orai1960Albert SabinU.S.A
61Vaccine, Rabies1885Louis PasteurFrance
62Vaccine, Smallpox1776JennerBritain
63Virology1892Ivanovski and BajernickUSSR, Netherlands
64Vitamin A1913Mc Collum and M. DavisU.S.A
65Vitamin B11936Minot and MurphyU.S.A
66Vitamin C1919Froelich HolstNorway
67Vitamin D1925Mc CollumU.S.A
68Vitamin K1938Doisy DamU.S.A
69Western Scientific Therapy460 - 370 BCHippocratesGreece
70Yoga200 - 100 BCPatanjaliIndia


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