History of Medicine
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Updated: 27 Jan 2020
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Created bySarah N Merchant
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Edward Jenner creates the
first smallpox vaccine method.Humphry Davy discovered the
anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide.Friedrich Serturner was the first to isolate
morphine.Rene Laennec invented the stethoscopeJames Blundell performed the first
successful blood transfusion.William T. G. Morton performed
the first painless surgery with general anesthesia.Elizabeth Blackwell is the first woman to
get a medical degree in the US.Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch establish the
germ theory of disease.Louis Pasteur developed anthrax vaccineWilhelm Rontgen discovered medical use of
X-Ray in medical imaging.
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