In 1940, biochemist and bacteriologist Ruby Hirose was recognized by the American Chemical Society for accomplishments in chemistry….
On Jul. 4, 1939, baseball legend Lou Gehrig delivered the famous speech bidding farewell to the ballpark and…
On Apr. 25, 1939, the Federal Security Agency (FSA), now known as the Department of Health, Education, and…
In 1939, Rene Dubos isolates gramicidin, an antibiotic, from a common soil microbe. His discovery helps cure a…
In 1939, Charles Armstrong adapted the Lansing strain of poliomyelitis to cotton rats and then to laboratory mice,…
In 1939, Louis Schwartz and H. R. Foerster described industrial dermatitis and melanosis due to photosensitization.
In 1939, Hugh G. Grady and Harold L. Stewart first identified the type II cell of the pulmonary…
In 1939, Margaret Pittman showed that sulfapyradine was effective against nontype-specific Haemophilus influenzae. Pittman discovered that there are…
In 1939, the first large-scale deliberate release of bacteria into the environment takes place when Bp is sprayed…
In 1939, the First Food Standards were issued (canned tomatoes, tomato puree, and tomato paste).
In 1939, Storrs Agricultural School became the University of Connecticut. Today, the University of Connecticut has grown to…
In 1939, the Medical College of Georgia researcher Dr. Sydenstricker was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physiology…
In 1939, University of Iowa researcher W.D. “Shorty” Paul developed the concept for buffered aspirin. In 1917, the…
In 1939, Lewis L. Coriell published a paper on an aspect of science he would revolutionize: His pioneering…
In 1939, Elizabeth Kenny, or Sister Kenny, as nurses were called in Australia, came to the U.S. in…
In 1939, the National Malaria Society was founded. In 1951, the criteria for eradication as put forth by…
In 1939, embryologist E.E. Just published The Biology of the Cell Surface, and pioneered ideas about the importance…
On Nov. 16, 1938, Albert Hofmann at Sandoz synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). LSD-25, as originally known when…
On Nov. 11, 1938, Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary and the first person in the U.S.,…
On Nov. 5, 1938, the British Columbia Cancer Institute, BC Cancerï¾’s first cancer treatment centre officially opened in…
On Jun. 25, 1938, Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with new provisions. President Roosevelt…
On May 23, 1938, T. gondii was identified in an infant girl delivered full term by Caesarean section…
On Jul. 28, 1928, House Joint Resolution 468, 75th Congress, was passed, “To dedicate the month of April…
On Jan. 13, 1938, Dr. Carl Voegtlin became the first director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), established…
On Jan. 3, 1938, President Roosevelt founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP) known today as the…
In 1938, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Marston T. Bogert by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1938, the National Advisory Cancer Council, created by the National Cancer Institute Act of Aug. 5, 1937,…
In 1938, Alexis Carrel and Charles Lindbergh publish “The Culture of Organs” that described how to preserve organs…
In 1938, Gordon E. Davis and Herald R. Cox identified a new rickettsial disease, which they called Nine…
In 1938, Herald R. Cox discovered that rickettsiae could be cultivated successfully in the yolk-sacs of chick embryos….