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20th century

This dimension groups medical discoveries by the year or era in which they were made. Wikipedia notes that humorism was widely accepted before it "was gradually replaced by the germ theory of disease, leading to effective treatments and even cures for many infectious diseases," a shift that itself took place over a specific span of years. Browsing by discovery era lets a visitor compare discoveries made in the same period.

20th century

41 entries

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Type/Classification

Blood Groups

Computed Tomography

Development of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Development of Cloning by Nuclear Transfer

Development of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Development of Laparoscopic Surgery

Development of Microsurgery

Development of Pulse Oximetry

Development of Safe Blood Transfusion

Development of Stereotactic Surgery

Development of the Cardiac Pacemaker

Development of the Heart-Lung Machine

Development of the Polio Vaccine

Discovery of Acquired Immunological Tolerance

Discovery of Anaphylaxis

Discovery of Cardiac Catheterization

Discovery of Chemotherapeutic Drugs

Discovery of Cholesterol's Role in Atherosclerosis

Discovery of Cortisone

Discovery of DNA as the Hereditary Material

Discovery of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Discovery of Helicobacter pylori as a Cause of Peptic Ulcer Disease

Discovery of Hormones

Discovery of Inborn Errors of Metabolism

Discovery of Prions

Discovery of Streptomycin

Discovery of Sulfonamide Antibacterial Drugs

Discovery of the Blood Clotting Mechanism

Discovery of the Electroencephalograph

Discovery of the Genetic Code

Discovery of the Rh Factor

Discovery of Vitamins and Deficiency Diseases

Discovery of Yellow Fever Transmission

Invention of the Electrocardiograph

Isolation of HIV

Isolation of Insulin

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Medical Ultrasound

Penicillin

Positron Emission Tomography

Structure of DNA