A list of selected Famous Medical Discoveries of all time is given below, in which fully information of Invention and Discovery, Made by and Year is given. If you are preparing such exams in which General Science, For better reading it easily, Print it.
Invention /Discovery | Made by | Year |
Antibiotic (Penicillin) | Alexander Fleming (London) | 1928 |
Antiseptic | Joseph Lister (Glasgow) | 1865 |
Aspirin | Dr Felix Hoffmann (Germany) | 1897 |
Blood Circulation | William Harvey (Britain) | 1683 |
Blood Group | K. Landsteiner | 1900-1902 |
Blood Transfusion | Iean Baposte Denys (Fance) | 1625 |
Cholera/TB Germs | Robert Koch (Germany) | 1877 |
Diphtheria Germs | Klebs & Loffler (Germany) | 1883-84 |
Electro-Cardiogram (ECG) | William Einthoven (Dutch) | 1903 |
Heart-Lung Machine | John Heynsham Gibbon (US) | 1953 |
Hypodemic Syyringe | Alexander wood (Britain) | 1853 |
Heart Transplant | Christian Barnard (South Africa) | 1967 |
Insulin | Federick Banting and Charles Best (Canada) | 1921 |
Kidney Machine | W. J. Kolff (The Netherlands) | 1943 |
Malaria Germs | Alphonse Laveran (France) | 1880 |
Organ Transplant | John P. Merril (US) | 1953 |
Scan (CAT) | Godfrey Hounsfield (England) | 1973 |
Spectacles | Roger Bacon (Italy) | 13th century |
Sphygomomanometer | Scipione Riva-Rocci (Italy) | 1896 |
Stethoscope | Rene Laennec (France) | 1815 |
Tetanus | Stepice and Edward (Britain) | 1978 |
Thermometer (Clinical) | Sir Thomas Allbutt (London) | 1867 |
Ultrasound | Ian Donald (Ireland) | 1950 |
Vaccine | Edward Jenner (England) | 1796 |
X-ray | Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) | 1895 |