DISCOVERY / INVENTION IN MEDICAL SCIENCE
SNo
|
Discovery / Invention
|
Year
|
Discoverer / Inventor
|
Country
|
1
|
Adrenaline
|
1894
|
Schafer
and Oliver
|
|
2
|
Anesthesia,
Local
|
1885
|
Koller
|
|
3
|
Anesthesia,
Spinal
|
1898
|
Bier
|
|
4
|
Anti-toxins
(Science of Immunity)
|
1890
|
Behring
and Kitasato
|
|
5
|
Aspirin
|
1889
|
Dreser
|
|
6
|
Ayurveda
|
2000-1000
BC
|
|
|
7
|
Bacteria
|
1683
|
Leeuwenhock
|
|
8
|
Bacteriology
|
1872
|
Ferdinand
Cohn
|
|
9
|
Biochemistry
|
1648
|
Jan
Baptista Van Helmont
|
|
10
|
Blood
Plasma storage (Blood bank)
|
1940
|
Drew
|
U.S.A
|
11
|
Blood
Transfusion
|
1625
|
Jean-Baptiste
Denys
|
|
12
|
Cardiac
Pacemaker
|
1932
|
A.S
Hyman
|
U.S.A
|
13
|
CAT
Scanner
|
1968
|
Godfrey
Hounsfield
|
|
14
|
Chemotherapy
|
1493-1541
|
Paracelsus
|
|
15
|
Chloroform
as anaesthetic
|
1847
|
James
Simpson
|
|
16
|
Chloromycetin
|
1947
|
Burkholder
|
U.S.A
|
17
|
Cholera
T.B germs
|
1877
|
Robert
Koch
|
|
18
|
Circulation
of blood
|
1628
|
William
Harvey
|
|
19
|
Cryo-Surgery
|
1953
|
Henry
Swan
|
U.S.A
|
20
|
Diphtheria
germs
|
1883-84
|
Klebs
and Loffler
|
|
21
|
Electro-Cardiograph
|
1903
|
Willem
Einthoven
|
|
22
|
Electro-encephalogram
|
1929
|
Hand
Berger
|
|
23
|
Embryology
|
1792-1896
|
Kari
Ernest Van Baer
|
|
24
|
Endocrinology
|
1902
|
Bayliss
and Starling
|
|
25
|
First
Test Tube Baby
|
1978
|
Steptoe
and Edwards
|
|
26
|
Gene
Therapy on humans
|
1980
|
Martin
Clive
|
U.S.A
|
27
|
Genes
associated with cancer
|
1982
|
Robert
Weinberg and others
|
U.S.A
|
28
|
Heart
Transplant Surgery
|
1967
|
Christian
Barnard
|
|
29
|
Histology
|
1771-1802
|
Marie
Bichat
|
|
30
|
Hypodermic
syringe
|
1853
|
Alexander
wood
|
|
31
|
Kidney
Machine
|
1944
|
Kolf
|
|
32
|
Leprosy
Bacillus
|
1873
|
Hansen
|
|
33
|
LSD
(Lysergic acid diethylamide)
|
1943
|
Hoffman
|
|
34
|
Malaria
Germs
|
1880
|
Laveran
|
|
35
|
Morphine
|
1805
|
Friderich
Sertumer
|
|
36
|
Neurology
|
1758-1828
|
Franz
Joseph Gall
|
|
37
|
Nuclear
magnetic resonance imaging
|
1971
|
Raymond
Damadian
|
U.S.A
|
38
|
Open
Heart Surgery
|
1953
|
Walton
Lillehel
|
U.S.A
|
39
|
Oral
Contraceptive Pills
|
1955
|
Gregory
Pincus, Rock
|
U.S.A
|
40
|
Penicillin
|
1928
|
Alexander
Fleming
|
|
41
|
Physiology
|
1757-66
|
Albrecht
Von Haller
|
|
42
|
Positron
emission Tomography
|
1978
|
Louis
Sokoloff
|
U.S.A
|
43
|
Rabies
Vaccine
|
1860
|
Louis
Pasteur
|
|
44
|
Recombinant-DNA
technology
|
1972-73
|
Paul
Berg, H.W. Boyer,S Cohen
|
U.S.A
|
45
|
Reserpine
|
1949
|
Jal
Vakil
|
|
46
|
Rh-factor
|
1940
|
Karl
Landsteiner
|
U.S.A
|
47
|
Serology
|
1884-1915
|
Paul
Ehrlich
|
|
48
|
Sex
hormones
|
1910
|
Eugen
Steinach
|
|
49
|
Small
Pox eradicated
|
1980
|
W.H.O
Declaration
|
UN
|
50
|
Stethoscope
|
1819
|
Rene
Laennec
|
|
51
|
Streptomycin
|
1944
|
Selman
Waksmann
|
U.S.A
|
52
|
Synthetic
Antigens
|
1917
|
Landsteiner
|
U.S.A
|
53
|
Terramycin
|
1950
|
Finlay
and Others
|
U.S.A
|
54
|
Thyroxin
|
1919
|
Edward
Calvin-Kendall
|
U.S.A
|
55
|
Typhus
Vaccine
|
1909
|
J.
Nicolle
|
|
56
|
Vaccination
|
1796
|
Edward
Jenner
|
|
57
|
Vaccine,
Measles
|
1963
|
Enders
|
U.S.A
|
58
|
Vaccine,
Meningitis
|
1987
|
Gardon,
et al.
|
U.S.A
|
59
|
Vaccine,
Polio
|
1954
|
Jonas
Salk
|
U.S.A
|
60
|
Vaccine,
Polio-orai
|
1960
|
Albert
Sabin
|
U.S.A
|
61
|
Vaccine,
Rabies
|
1885
|
Louis
Pasteur
|
|
62
|
Vaccine,
Smallpox
|
1776
|
Jenner
|
|
63
|
Virology
|
1892
|
Ivanovski
and Bajernick
|
|
64
|
Vitamin
A
|
1913
|
Mc
Collum and M. Davis
|
U.S.A
|
65
|
Vitamin
B1
|
1936
|
Minot
and Murphy
|
U.S.A
|
66
|
Vitamin
C
|
1919
|
Froelich
Holst
|
|
67
|
Vitamin
D
|
1925
|
Mc
Collum
|
U.S.A
|
68
|
Vitamin
K
|
1938
|
Doisy
Dam
|
U.S.A
|
69
|
Western
Scientific Therapy
|
460-370
BC
|
Hippocrates
|
|
70
|
Yoga
|
200-100
BC
|
Patanjali
|
|
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