Important Medical Discoveries in the History

March 02, 2016

Discovery Made by Country Year
Antibiotic (Penicillin) Alexander Fleming Scotland 1928
Antiseptic Joseph Lister Scotland 1867
Aspirin Dr Felix Hoffmann Germany 1899
Blood Circulation William Harvey Britain 1628
Blood Group K. Landsteiner Austria 1902
Blood Transfusion Jean –Baptiste Denys France 1625
Cholera and TB Germs Robert Koch Germany 1883
Diphtheria Germs Klebs and Loffler Germany 1883
Electro cardiogram (ECG) William Einthoven Dutch 1903
Heart –Lung machine John Heynsham Gibbon US 1953
Hypodermic Syringe Alexander wood Britain 1853
Heart Transplant Chirstian Barnard South Africa 1967
Kidney Machine W .J Kolf The Netherlands 1944
Malaria Germs A . Laveran France 1880
Organ Transplant John P. Merril USA 1953
Scan (CAT) Godfrey Housfield England 1973
Sphygomomanometer Scipione Riva – Rocci Italy 1896
Stethoscope Rene Laennec France 1819
Thermometer(Clinical) Sir Thomas Allbutt England 1867
Ultrasound Lan Donald Ireland 1950
X-ray W. Roentgen Germany 1895

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