First use of direct electric current for heart rhythm restoration
In 1962, Bernard Lown became the first to use direct electric current to restore the rhythm of the…
In 1962, Bernard Lown became the first to use direct electric current to restore the rhythm of the…
In 1962, the Milton A. Darling Memorial Clinical Cancer Research Center, a clinical facility, was established.
In 1962, Dr. Werner Kalow combined pharmacology and genetics into a subspecialty called pharmacogenetics, and wrote the first…
In 1962, The Texas Heart Institute was founded by world-renowned cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Denton A. Cooley. Today, the…
In 1962, the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center, now known as the Northwest Kidney Centers was established in Seattle…
On Oct. 21, 1961, the Atomic Energy Commission issued a construction permit for the University of Missouri Research…
On Oct. 6, 1961, the National Congress on Medical Quackery convened in Washington, D.C. sponsored jointly by the…
In September 1961, U. S. Congress authorized the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct a study of…
On Aug. 23, 1961, The Committee on the National Medal of Science was established by President John F….
On Jul. 1, 1961, pioneering immunologist Frank Dixon and four of his colleagues (William Weigle, Joseph Feldman, Charles…
On Jun. 22, 1961, the North Carolina Award for Science, the stateメs highest civilian honor, was established by…
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy in his historic message to a joint session of the…
On Apr. 25, 1961, Biochemist Dr. Hans Neurath became the first University of Washington School of Medicine faculty…
On Mar. 2, 1961, President Kennedy swore in Luther Leonidas Terry as U.S. Surgeon General. The landmark Surgeon…
On Mar. 1, 1961, the first successful single-channel cochlear implant was performed by Dr. William House and John…
In 1961, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Louis P. Hammett by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
On Jan. 12, 1961, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) established the Laboratory of Viral Oncology, a new intramural…
On Jan. 10, 1961, External D&C No. 15, a red color additive widely used in cosmetics before it…
In 1961, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended vitamin K injection become standard practice at birth. A dose…
In 1961, as part of its World Seeds Year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held a Technical…
In 1961, influenza virus was first isolated from wild birds in South Africa, from common terns (Sterna hirundo)….
In 1961, Dr. Harold Copp of the UBC discovered calcitonin, a hormone that regulates calcium levels in the…
In 1961, fifty Air Force reservists began a new training program at Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital to become medical…
In 1961, the CDC expanded its reach into chronic disease by investigating a cancer cluster in Illinois.
In 1961, The Cook County Hospital Fantus Out-Patient Clinic moved to Harrison and Winchester Streets.
In 1961, Medtronic relocated its headquarters to a 15,000-square-foot facility in St. Anthony Village in Minneapolis. The new…
In 1961, The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine teaching hospital was constructed, and a diagnostic laboratory…
In 1961, Parks Medical Electronics, founded in 1961 by Loren Parks, is the world’s oldest manufacturer of Doppler…
In 1961, E.R. Squibb & Sons marketed the worldメs first electronic toothbrush in 1961. By 1990 more than…
In 1961, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York becomes the first to use a ruby laser on a…