NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Milestones in Medical Science

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Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Milestones in Medical Science
SNoDiscovery⟋InventionYearDiscoverer⟋InventorCountry
1Adrenaline1894Schafer and OliverBritain
2Anesthesia, Local1885KollerAustria
3Anesthesia, Spinal1898BierGermany
4Anti-toxins (Science of Immunity)1890Behring and KitasatoGermany, Japan
5Aspirin1889DreserGermany
6Ayurveda2000 − 1000 BCShustruIndia
7Bacteria1683LeeuwenhockNetherlands
8Bacteriology1872Ferdinand CohnGermany
9Biochemistry1648Jan Baptista Van HelmontBelgium
10Blood Plasma storage (Blood bank)1940DrewUSA
11Blood Transfusion1625Jean-Baptiste DenysFrance
12Cardiac Pacemaker1932A. S HymanUSA
13CAT Scanner1968Godfrey HounsfieldBritain
14Chemotherapy1493 − 1541ParacelsusSwitzerland
15Chloroform as anaesthetic1847James SimpsonBritain
16Chloromycetin1947BurkholderUSA
17Cholera T. B germs1877Robert KochGermany
18Circulation of blood1628William HarveyBritain
19Cryo-Surgery1953Henry SwanUSA
20Diphtheria germs1883 − 84Klebs and LofflerGermany
21Electro-Cardiograph1903Willem EinthovenNetherlands
22Electro-encephalogram1929Hand BergerGermany
23Embryology1792 − 1896Kari Ernest Van BaerEstonia
24Endocrinology1902Bayliss and StarlingBritain
25First Test Tube Baby1978Steptoe and EdwardsBritain
26Gene Therapy on humans1980Martin CliveUSA
27Genes associated with cancer1982Robert Weinberg and othersUSA
28Heart Transplant Surgery1967Christian BarnardS. Africa
29Histology1771 − 1802Marie BichatFrance
30Hypodermic syringe1853Alexander woodBritain
31Kidney Machine1944KolfNetherlands
32Leprosy Bacillus1873HansenNorway
33LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide)1943HoffmanSwitzerland
34Malaria Germs1880LaveranFrance
35Morphine1805Friderich SertumerGermany
36Neurology1758 − 1828Franz Joseph GallGermany
37Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging1971Raymond DamadianUSA
38Open Heart Surgery1953Walton LillehelUSA
39Oral Contraceptive Pills1955Gregory Pincus, RockUSA
40Penicillin1928Alexander FlemingBritain
41Physiology1757 − 66Albrecht Von HallerSwitzerland
42Positron emission Tomography1978Louis SokoloffUSA
43Rabies Vaccine1860Louis PasteurFrance
44Recombinant-DNA technology1972 − 73Paul Berg, H. W. Boyer, S CohenUSA
45Reserpine1949Jal VakilIndia
46Rh-factor1940Karl LandsteinerUSA
47Serology1884 − 1915Paul EhrlichGermany
48Sex hormones1910Eugen SteinachAustralia
49Small Pox eradicated1980W. H. O DeclarationUN
50Stethoscope1819Rene LaennecFrance
51Streptomycin1944Selman WaksmannUSA
52Synthetic Antigens1917LandsteinerUSA
53Terramycin1950Finlay and OthersUSA
54Thyroxin1919Edward Calvin-KendallUSA
55Typhus Vaccine1909J.NicolleFrance
56Vaccination1796Edward JennerBritain
57Vaccine, Measles1963EndersUSA
58Vaccine, Meningitis1987Gardon, et al. Connaught LabUSA
59Vaccine, Polio1954Jonas SalkUSA
60Vaccine, Polio-orai1960Albert SabinUSA
61Vaccine, Rabies1885Louis PasteurFrance
62Vaccine, Smallpox1776JennerBritain
63Virology1892Ivanovski and BajernickUSSR, Netherlands
64Vitamin A1913Mc Collum and M. DavisUSA
65Vitamin B11936Minot and MurphyUSA
66Vitamin C1919Froelich HolstNorway
67Vitamin D1925Mc CollumUSA
68Vitamin K1938Doisy DamUSA
69Western Scientific Therapy460 − 370 BCHippocratesGreece
70Yoga200 − 100 BCPatanjaliIndia