Timeline of Healthcare
Sabrina Williams
1816 - Stethoscopic
1844 - Anesthesia
1860 - 1864 - Germ Theory
1895 - X-Ray
1818 - 1901 - Blood Transfusions
1910 - Laparoscopic Surgery
In 1901 Gerog Kellig performed the first laparoscopic procedure on a dog; it wasn't until 1910 that Hans Chistain Jacobaeus performed the first human laparoscopic surgery. This method of surgery drastically reduced scarring and healing time. It took 70 year of development before it became standard treatment.
1929 - Antibiotics
Antibiotics allowed for previously deemed incurable infections to be cured. Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin as he was observing a substance that would attack certian bacterias in 1929. It was initially used for the battlefield and treatment of syphilis, a disease widely going through europe.
1952 - Antipsychotics
1977 - MRI
1953 - 2003 - DNA
Citations
“Greatest Medical Discoveries in the Past 100 Years.” MDLinx, www.mdlinx.com/article/greatest-medical-discoveries-in-the-past-100-years/lfc-4248.
“The Human Genome Project.” Genome.gov, www.genome.gov/human-genome-project.
McFadden, Christopher. “15 Medical Inventions And Discoveries of the 1800's That Have Come to Define Modern Medicine.” Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2020, interestingengineering.com/15-medical-inventions-and-discoveries-of-the-1800s-that-have-come-to-define-modern-medicine.
“Where Was The MRI Scan Invented.” MRI Lincoln Imaging, 22 May 2020, mrilincolnimaging.com/where-was-the-mri-scan-invented/.