The Detroit Institute for Cancer Research was founded
In 1943, The Detroit Institute for Cancer Research was incorporated with just $483 and 200 shares of General…
Dr. Jonas Salk arrived at the University of Michigan School of Public Health
In 1942, Dr. Jonas Salk arrived at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Techniques earned there…
Stryker was founded in Kalamazoo
On Jan. 1, 1941, Dr. Homer Stryker, an orthopaedic surgeon from Kalamazoo, Michigan, founded Stryker to provide medical…
Influenza vaccine developed to protect U.S. military forces
In 1938, Thomas Francis, Jr., MD and Jonas Salk, MD served as lead researchers at the University of…
The Yellow Jack, co-written by Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif was published
In 1934, The Yellow Jack, co-written by Sidney Howard, a Pulitzer- and Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter, and Paul…
Clarence Cook Little founded a cancer research center in Bar Harbor (The Jackson Laboratory)
On May 4, 1929, Clarence Cook Little founded The Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine,…
The Beaumont Tower was completed
In 1929, the John W. Beaumont Memorial Tower on the Michigan State University (MSU) campus was completed. The…
Paul de Kruif’s The Microbe Hunters became a popular book about bacteriology
In 1926, Paul de Kruif, an American microbiologist, published the The Microbe Hunters which became a popular book…
Iodized salt first became available on grocery shelves in Michigan
On May 1, 1924, iodized salt first became available on grocery shelves in Michigan, spurred largely by the…
David Cowie proposed the U.S. adopt salt iodization to eliminate simple goiter
In 1922, David Cowie, chair of the Pediatrics Department at the University of Michigan, proposed at a Michigan…
The first municipal milk pasteurization program in the U.S. was initiated by Charleston Public Health Officer Leon Banov
In 1919, one of the first municipal milk pasteurization programs in the U.S. was initiated by Charleston Health…
Over 18,000 influenza cases had been reported to Detroit’s Department of Health
By Nov. 20, 1918, over 18,000 influenza cases had been reported to Detroit’s Department of Health, and almost…
Detroit teachers began training to volunteer to help assist healthcare workers to fight influenza
On Oct. 25, 1918, at the direction of the health department, Detroit teachers began training to volunteer to…
Detroit board of health and school officials decided to close all public, private, and parochial schools
On Oct. 21, 1918, Detroit board of health and school officials decided to close all public, private, and…
Michigan’s Governor and the state Board of Health ordered all places of public amusement and congregation closed
On Oct. 18, 1918, despite the wishes of Detroit officials, Michigan’s Governor Albert Edson Sleeper and the state…
Detroit Health Commissioner prohibited soldiers and sailors from entering Detroit to curb spread of influenza
On Oct. 17, 1918, Detroit Health Commissioner James Inches prohibited soldiers and sailors from entering Detroit, to try…
The total number of Detroit influenza cases reached 3,000, straining the city’s hospitals
On Oct. 15, 1918, another 800 influenza cases were added to the rolls, the highest number to-date. The…
Detroit Health Commissioner warned citizens of the possibility of the influence epidemic arriving in the city
On Sept. 18, 1918, Detroit Health Commissioner James W. Inches warned citizens of the possibility of the influence…
David Marine and colleagues initiated an iodine prophylaxis program in over 2100 schoolgirls
In 1917, David Marine, a U.S. physician in Ohio, and his colleagues initiated an iodine prophylaxis program in…
U.S. Congress passed The Margarine Act of 1886
On Aug. 2. 1886, the U.S. Congress passed the Oleomargarine Act which among other things, directed the Secretary…
The first experimental corn hybrid was produced in a laboratory
In 1873, botany professor W. J. Beal becomes one of the pioneers in the development of hybrid corn,…
Detroit Medical College founded
In 1868, Wayne State University was founded by five physicians who witnessed the crude medical treatment on Civil…
The Morrill Act which created the U.S. and-grant system of colleges was enacted
On Jul. 2, 1862, the U.S. Land-Grant College Act of the U.S. Congress was enacted which provided grants…
Manly Miles became a professor at Michigan Agricultural College, the first professor of scientific agriculture in the U.S.
In 1860, Manly Miles became a professor at Michigan Agricultural College, now know as Michigan State University, and…
The Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was established
On Feb. 12, 1855, Gov. Kinsley S. Bingham signed into law an act for the establishment of the…