Reid Hunt described the toxic effects of methyl and ethyl alcohols
In 1907, Reid Hunt described the toxic effects of methyl and ethyl alcohols. One of Hunt’s most important…
In 1907, Reid Hunt described the toxic effects of methyl and ethyl alcohols. One of Hunt’s most important…
In 1907, Charles R. Bard founded C. R. Bard in New York City. Bard’s first business involved importing…
In 1905, Reid Hunt demonstrated the presence of thyroid hormone in the blood and introduced the acetonitril test…
In 1905, Dr. Milton J. Rosenau conducted research resulting in the establishment of the official unit for the…
In 1905, Wesley Memorial Hospital, now known as Emory University, opened in an Atlanta ante-bellum home, and a…
In 1904, Fox Chase Cancer Center was founded by the union of American Oncologic Hospital and the Institute…
In 1903, radium was found effective in the treatment of tumors which Marie and Pierre Curie had isolated,…
In 1903, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) was founded. The current organization was formed in…
In 1902, the Pan American Sanitary Bureau was established as the first of a series of international health…
In 1901, Johnsonï¾ &ï¾ Johnson published the first First Aid Manuals, using proven best practices from leading physicians….
In 1901, the first three human blood groups were discovered by Austrian physician Karl Landsteiner.
In 1901, diphtheria patients were routinely treated with antitoxin derived from the blood serumof horses. After 13 children…
In 1899, Charles E. Frosst & Co, was founded by Mr. Frosst and four associates who rapidly introduced…
In 1899, Jean-Louis Provost and Frederic Batelli at the University of Geneva, Switzerland discovered that small electrical shocks…
On Aug. 10, 1897, German chemist Felix Hoffmann searching for something to relieve his father’s arthritis synthesized acetylsalicylic…
In 1896, George Frederic Still described a form of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and the common functional Still’s murmur,…
In 1894, Johnsonï¾ &ï¾ Johnson launched maternity kits to make childbirth safer for mothers and babies. JOHNSON’Sï¾® Baby Powder goes…
In 1888, Johnson ï¾ & ï¾ Johnson published “Modern Methods of Antiseptic Wound Treatment.” The book quickly became one the…
In 1884, saline infusions replaced milk as a ‘blood substitute’ due to adverse reactions to milk. A breakthrough…
In 1882, William Halsted performed the surgery that bears his name, and the modern era in the surgical…
In 1881, a trademark registration was added to the functions of the The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office…
In 1878, Siemens, now Sivantos,ï¾ developedï¾ the ï¾ Phonophor, the first ï¾ technicalï¾ solutionï¾ for ï¾ hearing ï¾ loss. The history of electrical…
On Sept. 20, 1870, the Iowa College of Medicine opened doors for its first class. The faculty consisted…
On Jan. 27, 1864, William Worrall Mayo opened a medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota Today, the Mayo Clinic,…
In 1861, Julian John Chisolm (Dean, 1866-67, School of Medicine of the Medical College of the State of…
In 1853, the first marine hospital in San Francisco was completed with special funds appropriated by Congress. The…
On Oct. 6, 1852, the American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA) was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the fall of…
On Feb. 5, 1849, the first class of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with 17 students, met in a…
On Mar. 16, 1844, John Bostock, Jr., an English physician, published the first description of allergies in Medico-Chirurgical…
On Mar. 30, 1842, Dr. Crawford Long, an American physician and pharmacist in Jefferson, Georgia, used ether for…