Introduction
Medical Science is a discipline including medicine, biochemistry, cell biology, physiology, pharmacology, etc..primarily involved in understanding of human biology. Medical Sciences also involves study design, statistics and laboratory techniques which are primarily used for analyzing and developing solutions related to human health. The article Medical Science Discoveries presents the list of important Discoveries of Medical Science.
Discoveries
Medical Science Discoveries:
| Inventor | Invention | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Atreya | Ayurveda | 2000-1000 B.C |
| A.s. Hyman | Cardiac Pacemaker | 1932 |
| Alexander Wood | Hypodermic Syringe | 1853 |
| Albrecht Von Haller | Physiology | 1757-66 |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | Bacteria | 1674 |
| Adolf Fick | Contact lenses (glass) | 1887 |
| Alexander Fleming | Penicillin | 1928 |
| Archibald Hector McIndoe | Plastic surgery | 1940s |
| Behring and Kitasato | Anti-Toxin | 1890 |
| Burkholder | Chloromycetin | 1947 |
| Bayliss and Starling | Endocrinology | 1902 |
| Colin Murdoch | Disposable syringe | 1956 |
| Christiaan Barnard | Heart transplant | 1967 |
| Charles Gabriel Pravaz and Alexander Wood | Hypodermic syringe | 1853 |
| Charles Babbage | Ophthalmoscope | 1847 |
| Dr. Jonas E. Salk | Anti-Polio Vaccine | 1955 |
| Dreser | Aspirin | 1889 |
| Duggar | Aureomycin | 1948 |
| Dr. Paul Muller | D.D.T. | 1939 |
| Dr. Christiaan Barnard | First Human Heart Transplant Operation | 1967 |
| Dr. Ronald Ross | Malaria Parasites | |
| Denton Cooley | Artificial heart | 1969 |
| Dr. John F. Burke and Ioannis Yannas | Artificial skin | 1979 |
| Dr. Thomas Blundell | Blood transfusion (modern) | 1818 |
| Eijkman | Cause Of Beriberi | 1897 |
| Eberth | Typhoid Bacilli | 1880 |
| Edward Calvin Kendall | Thyroxin | 1919 |
| Edward Jenner | Vaccination (Small Pox) | 1796 |
| Edward Calvin Kendall | Vitamin B1 | 1936 |
| Eduard Zirm | Corneal transplants | 1905 |
| Ferdinand Cohn | Bacteriology | 1872 |
| F. Banting | Insulin | 1932 |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner | Morphine | 1805 |
| Franz Joseph Gall | Neurology | 1758-1828 |
| Finley & Others | Terramycin | 1950 |
| Finsen | Ultraviolet Rays | |
| Froelich | Vitamin C | 1919 |
| Francis Crick, James Watson and Rosalind Franklin | DNA (structure discovered) | 1953 |
| Frederick Banting and Charles Best | Insulin (discovery) | 1921 |
| G. Domagk | Sulfa Drugs | |
| Gregory Pincus, John Rock and Min-Chueh Chang | Birth control pill | 1960 (approved by FDA) |
| George Fellows Harrington | Dental drill (motor-driven) | 1864 |
| Garrett Augustus Morgan | Gas mask | 1912 |
| Giovanni Battista Morgagni | Pathology | 1761 |
| Henry Swan | Cryosurgery | 1953 |
| Hans Berger | Electroencephalogram | 1929 |
| Hahnemann | Homeopathy | |
| Hansen | Leprosy Bacillus | 1873 |
| Hoffman | L S D (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) | 1943 |
| Hormones-Eugen Steinach | Sex | 1910 |
| Hoffman | Streptomycin | 1944 |
| Hippocrates | Western Scientific Therapy | 460 – 370 B.C. |
| Hans Janssen | Microscope | 1590 |
| HermannLudwig von Helmholtz | Ophthalmoscope | 1851 |
| Jean-Baptiste Denys | Blood Transfusion | 1625 |
| Jan Baptista Van Helmont | Biochemistry | 1648 |
| Jal Vakil | Reserpine | 1949 |
| J.Nicolle | Typhus-Vaccine | 1909 |
| Joseph Lister | Antiseptic | 1865 |
| John Charnley | Artificial hip | 1972 (perfected) |
| James Smith and sons | Cough drops | 1847 |
| Johann Gregor Mendel | Genetics | 1865 |
| Jonas Salk | Polio vaccine | 1953 |
| James Lind | Scurvy vaccine | 1753 (published) |
| Kitazato | Dysentery And Plague Bacilli | |
| Klebs & lofter | Diphtheria Germs | 1883-84 |
| Karl Ernst von Baer | Embryology | 1792-1896 |
| Kolf | Kidney Machine | 1944 |
| Karl Landsteiner | Rh-Factor | 1940 |
| Leeuwenhoek | Bacteria | 1683 |
| Louis Pasteur | Germ Theory, Hydrophobia Anti-Toxin | 1882 |
| Rabies Vaccine | 1860 | |
| Laennec | Stethoscope | 1816 |
| Land Steiner | Synthetic Antigens | 1917 |
| Mondino | Anatomy | 1316 |
| Marie Bichat | Histology | 1771-1802 |
| Paracelsus | Chemotherapy | 1541 |
| Paul Ehrlich | Syphilis Cure | 1910 |
| Serology | 1884-1915 | |
| Patanjali | Yoga | 200-100 B.C. |
| Paul Beiersdorf | Adhesive plaster-covered bandages | 1882 |
| Philip Drinker | Iron lung | 1929 |
| Pierre Joseph Pelletier and Joseph Bienaime Caventou | Quinine | 1820 |
| Paul D. Parkman and Harry M. Meyer Jr. | Rubella vaccine | 1966 |
| Robert Koch | Cholera Bacillus | 1577 |
| Reed | Cause Of Yellow Fever | 1900 |
| René Laënnec | Stethoscope | 1819 |
| Schafer and Oliver | Adrenaline | 1894 |
| Sir James Harrison and Sir James Young Simpson | Chloroform | 1847 |
| Sigmund Freud | Psycho-Analysis | 1895 |
| Thomas Allbutt | Thermometer | 1866 |
| U.M. Brahmachari | Kala-Azar Fever | |
| Willem Einthoven | Electrocardiograph | 1903 |
| Walton Lillehei | Open Heart Surgery | 1953 |
| William Morton | Anesthetic | 1846 |
| William Harvey | Blood circulation | 1628 (published) |
| Wilson Greatbatch | Pacemaker (human) | 1960 (first use) |
| Wilhelm Roentgen | X-rays | 1895 |