Insulin Amendment required the FDA to test and certify purity and potency of diabetes drug
In 1941, the Insulin Amendment, passed Congress and required all batches of insulin to be tested for purity,…
Dr. Baldes at the Mayo Clinic constructed a human centrifuge
In 1941, Dr. Edward J. Baldes at the Mayo Clinic constructs a human centrifuge to simulate blackout, a…
Collaborators at Mayo Clinic design the BLB mask enabling aviators to fly at high altitudes
In 1941, Drs. Randolph Lovelace, Walter Boothby and Arthur H. Bulbulian at the Mayo Clinic collaborated to design…
Washington University – St Louis received the first cyclotron installed at a US academic medical center
In 1941, Washington University ï¾– St. Louis received the first cyclotron installed at a U.S. academic medical center.
Velmer A Fassel, a chemist who developed the inductively coupled plasma, received a BA degree at Southeast Missouri State College
In 1941, Velmer A. Fassel, an American chemist who developed the inductively coupled plasma, received a B.A. degree…
Connaught Laboratories developed the first combined vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus
In 1941, Connaught Laboratories at the University of Toronto developed the first combined vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, and…
Texas State Cancer Hospital (M D Anderson) was created by Texas Legislature
In 1941, Texas State Cancer Hospital, now known as the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, was…
The new Medical College of Virginia Hospital (MCV West Hospital) opened to national acclaim
In 1941, the Medical College of Virginia Hospital (MCV West Hospital) opened to national acclaim. The largest donation…
President Franklin D Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Naval Medical Center Center Tower
On Nov. 11, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) laid the cornerstone of the Tower on Armistice Day…
President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the first six buildings of NIH
On Oct. 31, 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the first six buildings of the NIH. During World War…
The first issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute was published
On Aug. 1, 1940, the first issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) was published….
Dr Bernard Fantus, founder of the world’s first blood bank, was born in Budapest, Hungary
On Apr. 14, 1940, Dr. Bernard Fantus, a Hungarian American physician and founder of the world’s first blood…
The US government established a national blood collection program
In 1940, the U.S. government established a national blood collection program.
Edwin Cohn developed cold ethanol fractionation
In 1940, Edwin Cohn, a professor of biological chemistry at Harvard Medical School, developed cold ethanol fractionation, the…
John Elliott developed a vacuum container as the first blood container
In 1940, John Elliott developed a vacuum container as the first blood container. The Red Cross used this…
Charles R Drew began blood processing program for English war victims: Plasma for Britain
In 1940, Charles R. Drew, MD, an African American surgeon and Howard University researcher, began an early blood…
American Oswald Avery isolated pure DNA for the first time, what he called the transforming factor
In 1940, American Oswald Avery precipitates a pure sample of what he calls the transforming factor; he has…
Wendell Johnson at the University of Iowa pioneered fields of speech pathology and audiology
In 1940, Wendell Johnson at the University of Iowa pioneers the fields of speech pathology and audiology.
Karl Habel produced an improved, killed rabies vaccine that eliminated foreign brain tissue caused paralysis
In 1940, Karl Habel produced an improved, killed rabies vaccine that eliminated foreign brain tissue that had caused…
Walter E Heston demonstrated the genetic susceptibility of mice to spontaneous pulmonary tumors
In 1940, Walter E. Heston demonstrated the genetic susceptibility of mice to spontaneous pulmonary tumors. This led to…
Scientists discovered how to purify and preserve penicillin
In 1940, Howard Florey, Ernst Chain and others in England discover how to purify and preserve penicillin. The…
The first metallic hip replacement surgery was performed
In 1940, Dr. Austin T. Moore, an American surgeon at Johns Hopkins hospital, performed the first metallic hip…
FDA transferred from the Department of Agriculture to the Federal Security Agency
In 1940, the FDA transferred from the Department of Agriculture to the Federal Security Agency, with Walter G….
Nikolai Vavilov, perhaps the leading plant geneticist in the world, was arrested in the Ukraine
In 1940, Nikolai Vavilov, perhaps the leading plant geneticist in the world, was arrested while on a collecting…
The influenza B virus was isolated
In 1940, Thomas Francis, Jr, MD isolated the influenza B virus from a child in 1940. Francis helped…
The Cook County reopened the West Side Hospital at Fantus Out-Patient Clinic
In 1940, The Cook County reopened the West Side Hospital at Fantus Out-Patient Clinic, and named in memory…
Norman E Borlaug graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS in Forestry
In 1940, Norman E. Borlaug graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS in Forestry. Dr. Borlaug’s…
The Squibb Institute for Medical Research obtained cultures of penicillium notatum from the United Kingdom and developed deep tank fermentation processes for the production of penicillin
In 1940, Squibb obtained cultures of penicillium notatum from the U.K. and developed deep tank fermentation processes for…
The McArdle Laboratory was founded in Madison
In 1940, the McArdle Memorial Laboratory was founded in Madison. McArdle Lab was one of the first basic…
First sign of antibiotic resistance to Penicillin was reported
In 1940, Edard Abraham and Ernst Chain reported that an E. coli strain was able to inactivate penicillin…