On May 29, 1911, in U.S. v. Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled that the 1906 Pure Food and…
In 1898, the first women were admitted to the Medical College of the State of South Carolina (MCSSC)….
In Jul. 1897, the Medical College of the State of South Carolina (MCSSC) Hospital and Training School for…
In 1894, Johnsonﾠ&ﾠJohnson launched maternity kits to make childbirth safer for mothers and babies. JOHNSON’Sﾮ Baby Powder goes…
In 1882, William Halsted performed the surgery that bears his name, and the modern era in the surgical…
In 1871, Florence Sabin became the first woman to serve as a faculty member at Johns Hopkins. became…
In 1867, the medical college for women at the New York Infirmary for Women and Children was founded….
In Sept. 1863, Mary Edwards Walker was employed as a “Contract Acting Assistant Surgeon” by the Army of…
In 1857, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, her sister, Dr. Emily Blackwell, and Dr. Marie Zakrzewska founded the New York…
On Jan. 3, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell received her M.D. degree from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y., and…
In 1826, Dr. James Barry, a Royal British Army surgeon, performed the worlds first successful cesarean operation. It…
In 470, Atossa, daughter of Cyrius the Great became the first women in recorded history to be diagnosed…
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, dated to 3,000-2,500 B.C., and possibly attributable to Imhotep, the Egyptian physician-architect, provided…