Medical Discoveries and Important Vaccines
Medical Discoveries
| Discovery | Made by | Country | Year |
| Antibiotic (Penicillin) | Alexander Fleming | Scotland | 1928 |
| Antiseptic | Joseph Lister | Scotland | 1867 |
| Aspirin | Dr. Felix Hoffmann | Germany | 1899 |
| Blood Circulation | William Harvey | Britain | 1628 |
| Blood Group | K. Landsteiner | Austria | 1900-1902 |
| Blood Transfusion | Jean-Baptiste Denys | France | 1625 |
| Cholera and TB Germs | Robert Koch | Germany | 1883 |
| Diphtheria Germs | Klebs & Loffler | Germany | 1883-84 |
| Electrocardiogram (ECG) | Willem Einthoven | Dutch | 1903 |
| Heart Lung Machine | John Heysham Gibbon | USA | 1953 |
| Hypodermic Syringe | Alexander Wood | Britain | 1853 |
| Heart Transplant | Christiaan Barnard | South Africa | 1967 |
| Kidney Machine | W.J. Kolff | Netherlands | 1944 |
| Malaria Germs | A. Laveran | France | 1880 |
| Organ Transplant | John P. Merrill | USA | 1953 |
| Scan (CAT) | Godfrey Hounsfield | England | 1973 |
| Sphygmomanometer | Scipione Riva-Rocci | Italy | 1896 |
| Stethoscope | Rene Laennec | France | 1819 |
| Thermometer (Clinical) | Sir Thomas Allbutt | England | 1867 |
| Ultrasound | Ian Donald | Ireland | 1950 |
| X-ray | W.Roentgen | Germany | 1895 |
Important Vaccines
| Vaccine | Developed by | Country | Year |
| Smallpox | Edward Jenner | England | 1796 |
| Cholera | Louis Pasteur | France | 1880 |
| Diphtheria and Tetanus |
Emil Adolf Von Behring
& Shibasaburo kitasato |
Germany
Japan |
1891 |
| TB Vaccine | Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin | France | 1922 |
| Polio Vaccine | Jonas E. Salk | USA | 1952 |
| Oral Polio Vaccine | Albert Bruce Sabin | USA | 1955 |
| Measles Vaccine |
John F. Enders
& Thomas Peeble |
USA | 1953 |
| Rabies Vaccine | Louis Pasteur | France | 1885 |
| Typhus Vaccine | Charles Nicolle | France | 1909 |