| Medicine
and Biotechnology |
| Invention |
Date |
Inventor |
Nationality |
| Blood
transfusion |
1625 |
Jean-Baptiste
Denys |
French |
| Stethoscope
|
1781 |
Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe
Laennac |
French |
| Vaccination,
small pox * |
1796 |
Edward
Jenner |
English |
| Hypodermic
syringe |
1853 |
Alexander
Wood |
Scottish |
| Antiseptic
surgery |
1865 |
Joseph
Lister |
English |
| Aspirin
|
1889 |
Dresser
|
German |
| X-ray
|
1895 |
Wilhelm
Konrad Rontgen |
German |
| Electro-cardiograph
|
1903 |
Willem
Einthoven |
Dutch |
| Sulfa
drugs |
1908 |
Paul
Gelmo |
Austrian |
| Insulin
|
1922 |
Sir
Frederick G. Banting
J.J.R. MacLeod |
Canadian
Canadian |
| Penicillin
* |
1928 |
Alexander
Fleming |
English |
| Electroencephalogram
|
1929 |
Hans
Berger |
German |
| Cardiac
pacemaker |
1932 |
A.S.
Hyman |
American |
| Kidney
machine |
1944 |
Willem
Kolff** |
Dutch |
| Head
of team that developed the project. |
| Polio
vaccine |
1954 |
Jonas
Salk |
American |
| Oral
contraceptive |
1955 |
Gregory
Pincus |
American |
| Artificial
heart |
1957 |
Willem
Kolff** |
Dutch |
| Head
of team that developed the project. |
| CAT
scanner |
1968 |
Godfrey
Hounsfield***
Allan Cormack*** |
English
American |
|
Each worked independently on developing technologies. |
| Nuclear
magnetic resonance imaging |
1971 |
Raymond
Damadian |
American |
| Recombinant-DNA
technology |
1972-73 |
Paul
Berg*****
Herbert W. Boyer*****
Stanley Cohen***** |
American
American
American |
| Positron
emission tomography |
1978 |
Louis
Sokoloff |
American |
|
4,536,478, Aug. 20, 1985, Method for reducing non-specific
interferences in agglutination immunoassays, Sokoloff,
Roger L., Indianapolis, Indiana John M. Reno,
Zionsville, Indiana. |
| Jarvik-7
artificial heart |
1978 |
Robert
K. Jarvik |
American |
