On Sept. 20, 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) was founded which marked the…
On Jul. 26, 1848, Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin’s first governor, signed the act that formally created the University of…
In 1848, the New England Female Medical College was founded, becoming the first institution in the U.S. to…
In 1847, James Moultrie, Jr., M.D. (Dean, School of Medicine of the Medical College of the State of…
On Oct. 16, 1846, Harvard Medical School’s first dean, Dr. John Collins Warren, provided the first public demonstration…
In 1846, Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, known as the ‘Savior of Mothers,’ discovered that cases of puerperal fever, also…
In 1846, Lewis Caleb Beck’s published “Adulteration of Various Substances Used in Medicine and the Arts,” one of…
On Mar. 16, 1844, John Bostock, Jr., an English physician, published the first description of allergies in Medico-Chirurgical…
In 1844, The Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College moved into its first permanent home, the Egyptian Building.
On Mar. 30, 1842, Dr. Crawford Long, an American physician and pharmacist in Jefferson, Georgia, used ether for…
In 1840, After a devastating tornado ripped through Rochester, Mother Alfred Moes and the Sisters of Saint Francis…
In 1839, the University of Missouri was founded after the Missouri legislature passed the Geyer Act, legislation that…
In 1839, two medical colleges merged into the the Medical College of the State of South Carolina. In…
In 1837, Dr. James McCune Smith became the first African American to hold a medical degree. Smith, a…
In 1836, The Library of the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army (the present U.S. National…
In 1834, The Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute was founded in Wake Forest. It was rechartered as Wake…
In 1833, the first enzyme was discovered and isolated by French chemist Anselme Payen also known for discovering…
In 1827, Tuscaloosa, then the state’s capital, was chosen as home of the University of the State of…
In 1826, Dr. James Barry, a Royal British Army surgeon, performed the worlds first successful cesarean operation. It…
In 1825, Thomas Jefferson founded the nation’s 10th medical school which has grown into a nationally recognized academic…
On Dec. 20, 1823, the South Carolina General Assembly granted the request of the Medical Society of South…
In 1823, The Medical College, a private institution of the Medical Society of South Carolina was incorporated in…
On Dec. 21, 1820, eleven physicians met in Washington, D.C., to establish the U.S. Pharmacopeia, the first compendium…
On Jan. 25, 1819, the University of Virginia was founded after being conceived by Thomas Jefferson in 1800…
In 1818, the federal government authorized Alabama Territory to set aside a township for the establishment of a…
In 1818, the first successful transfusion of human blood to a patient was performed by British obstetrician James…
In 1817, James Parkinson published an essay on six cases of paralysis agitans known as Shaking Palsy. Other…
In 1813, the Medical Institution of Yale College opened its doors with four professors and 37 students and…
On Feb. 25, 1811, McLean Hospital was founded through a charter granted by the Massachusetts Legislature for the…
In 1808, A permanent home for the Boston Marine Hospital was found in the Charlestown section of Boston….