Medical History Timeline 1911 - 1920 |
| Year | Medical Discovery / Inventions | medical articles / thesis |
Famous Births/Deaths | Medical Equipments | Medical Events | |||||
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| 1911 | Thomas Lewis publishes a classic textbook. The mechanism of the heart beat. London: Shaw & Sons and dedicates it to Willem Einthoven. | Birth of Willem J. Kolff Willem J. Kolff invented the artificial kidney dialysis machine. |
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| 1913 | Dr. Paul Dudley White becomes one of America's first cardiologists, a doctor specializing in the heart and its functions, and a pioneer in use of the electrocardiograph, exploring its potential as a diagnostic tool. | |||||||||
| 1914 | Birth of Jonas Salk (developed a vaccine for polio ) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Birth of Joseph Ransohoff (neurosurgeon who invented the modern technique for removing brain tumors ) | |||||||||
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| 1917 | Julius Wagner-Jauregg discovers the malarial fever shock therapy for general paresis of the insane | Death of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
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| 1919 | Death of William Osler (called the "Father of Modern Medicine" ) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Birth of James Mourilyan Tanner (developed Tanner stages and advanced auxology ) | |||||||||
| Year | Medical Discovery / Inventions | medical articles / thesis |
Famous Births/Deaths | Medical Equipments | Medical Events |
Medical History Timeline 1901-1910 |
Medical History Timeline 1921-1930 |
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