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Significant Events in Medical History on January 15: Discover the Milestones
(1873) German-born Swedish biochemist Hans von Euler-Chelpin was born. He shared the 1929 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the fermentation of
Significant Milestones in Medical History on February 10
(1846) American chemist and academic Ira Remsen was born. He co-discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin. (1897) American biomedical scientist John Franklin Enders was
Notable Medical Milestones in History: February 2 Highlights
(1939) American chemist and inventor Mary-Dell Chilton was born. With her colleagues, she developed the first genetically modified plant using Agrobacterium Ti plasmid DNA.
Significant Medical Milestones Celebrated on March 22: A Look Into History
(1808) American pioneer, doctor, and businessman David Swinson Maynard is born. He travelled St. Louis to California fighting cholera and preventing malnutrition in natives.
Significant Events in Medical History on February 9
(1871) American pathologist Howard Taylor Ricketts was born. The genus Rickettsia is named after him and includes bacteria that are passed to humans by
Notable Events in Medical History on February 1
(1846) American psychologist and educator Granville Stanley Hall was born. His research focused on evolution and child development, where he studied the relationship between
Significant Medical Events on December 27, 2016: A Look Back in History
December 27, 2016: (1) (1831) Charles Darwin begins his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, where he developed his theory of evolution . (2) (1845)
Significant Events in Medical History on February 7
(1870) Austrian medical doctor and psychotherapist Alfred W. Adler is born. He developed the Inferiority Complex, the feeling of low self-esteem, which is thought
Notable Events in Medical History on January 30
(1899) South African-American virologist and doctor Max Theiler was born. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for creating a vaccine for
Significant Events in Medical History on September 29
(1509) Spanish theologian, physician and cartographer Michael Servetus is born. He was the first European who correctly described pulmonary circulation, the flow of blood from the
Significant Events in Medical History on February 6
(1738) French anatomist and surgeon Pierre-Joseph Desault was born. Known as one of the leading surgeons of France in his time, he developed a
Significant Events in Medical History on January 24
(1939) Swiss physician and nutritionist Maximilian Bircher-Benner passes away. Along with advocating the impact of diet on health , he is most well-known for
Significant Medical Milestones on March 28 Throughout History
(1840) Ottoman-German Jewish physician, naturalist Emin Pasha is born. He was thought to cause the spread of sleeping sickness to Uganda. (1892) Belgian physiologist
Significant Events in Medical History on October 4: A Look Back
October 4: (1) (1890) American physician and radiologist Alan L. Hart was born. He is known for helping to implement tuberculosis screening programs, saving
Significant Medical Milestones Celebrated on August 9 Throughout History
August 9: (1) (1896) Swiss clinical psychologist Jean Piaget is born. He is remembered for his work in child development and created Piaget’s theory
Significant Events in Medical History on December 22 You Should Know
(1903) American physiologist Haldan Keffer Hartline is born. He shared the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the neurophysiological
Significant Medical Milestones: October 10 in History
October 10: (1) (1780) Scottish physician and philosopher John Abercrombie is born. He published many papers on neuropathology, diseases of the brain , spinal
Significant Events in Medical History: Discover What Happened on September 27
(1818) German organic chemist Hermann Kolbe is born. He coined the term synthesis and he also prepared salicylic acid, a building block of aspirin
Significant Medical Milestones: November 20 in History
(1979) At the University of Minnesota Hospital, the first artificial blood transmission was given to a patient. Due to their religious convictions the patient,
Notable Events in Medical History on January 2
(1920) Isaac Asimov was born. He co-authored a college textbook Biochemistry and Human Metabolism , and also wrote a number of science fiction books.