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Invention
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Scientist
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Year
|
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Adhesive plaster-covered bandages
|
Paul Beiersdorf
|
1882
|
|
Anaesthetic
|
William Morton
|
1846
|
|
Anthrax (vaccine)
|
Louis Pasteur
|
1881
|
|
Antiseptic
|
Joseph Lister
|
1865
|
|
Artificial heart (implant, human)
|
Denton
Cooley
|
1969
|
|
Artificial limbs
|
Ambrose Pare
|
1575 (book: Works)
|
|
Artificial skin
|
Dr John F. Burke & Ioannis V. Yanna
|
1979
|
|
Aspirin
|
Felix Hoffman & Heinrich Dreser
|
1899
|
|
Bacteria
|
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
|
1673
|
|
Bifocal lenses
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
1784
|
|
Birth control pill
|
Gregory Pincus, John Rock, Min- Chueh Chang
|
1960 (approved by U.S. Federal Drug Agency)
|
|
Blood circulation
|
William Harvey
|
1610
|
|
Blood transfusion
|
Dr Thomas Blundell
|
1818
|
|
Chemotherapy
|
Paul Ehrlich
|
1911
|
|
Cholera (vaccine)
|
Louis Pasteur
|
1880
|
|
Contact lens (glass)
|
Adolf Fick
|
1887
|
|
Corneal transplants
|
Eduard Zirm
|
1906
|
|
Cough drops
|
James Smith & Sons
|
1847
|
|
Dental drill
|
George Fellows Harrington
|
1864
|
|
Disposable syringe
|
Colin Murdoch (NZ)
|
1956 (patent)
|
|
|
Francis Crick, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin
|
1953
|
|
Electrocardiograph
|
Willem Einthoven
|
1902
|
|
Genetics
|
Johann Gregor Mendel
|
1866
|
|
Heart transplants
|
Christiaan Barnard
|
1967
|
|
Hypodermic syringe
|
Charles Gabriel Pravaz Alexander Wood (simultaneously)
|
1853
|
|
Insulin
|
Frederick Banting & Charles Best
|
1921
|
|
Iron lung
|
Philip Drinker
|
1929
|
|
Morphine
|
Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner
|
1805
|
|
Ophthalmoscope
|
Hermann Ludwig von Helmholtz
|
1851
|
|
Oral contraceptive pill
|
Gregory Pincus, John Rock, Min- Chueh Chang
|
1960 (approved by U.S. Federal Drug Agency)
|
|
Pacemaker (artificial, implantable)
|
Wilson Greatbatch
|
1960 (first implant)
|
|
Pasteurisation
|
Louis Pasteur
|
1864
|
|
Pathology
|
Giovanni Battista Morgagni
|
1761
|
|
Penicillin
|
Alexander Fleming
|
1928
|
|
Plastic surgery
|
Archibald Hector McIndoe
|
1940s
|
|
Polio (vaccine)
|
Jonas Salk
|
1955 (field trial results announced)
|
|
Quinine
|
Pierre Joseph Pelletier & Joseph Bienaime Caventou
|
1820
|
|
Rabies (vaccine)
|
Louis Pasteur
|
1885
|
|
Rubella (vaccine)
|
Paul D Parkman & Harry M Meyer Jr
|
1966
|
|
Scurvy
|
James Lind
|
1753
|
|
Smallpox (vaccine)
|
Edward Jenner
|
1796 (first experiments)
|
|
Stethoscope
|
Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec
|
1816
|
|
Thermometer (medical)
|
Thomas Allbutt
|
1867
|
|
Tranquiliser dart gun
|
Colin Murdoch (NZ)
|
1950s
|
|
Tourniquet
|
Etienne J. Morel
|
1674
|
|
X-rays
|
Wilhelm Roentgen
|
1895
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