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Jan
29, 1896
Chicago researcher Emil H. Grubbe aims X-rays at a breast cancer
tumor in the first such attempt to destroy the malignant cells.
August
1, 1956
The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available
for the first time to the general public.
May
21, 1971
Genetecist Dr. Barbara McClintock becomes the first woman to
receive the nation's highest award for scientific achievement,
the Medal of Science.
April
28, 1896
While experimenting with a primitive vacuum tube at the Royal
University in Wurzburg, Germany five months ago, Wilhelm Corad
Roentgen discovered X-rays. He was amazed to see the bones in
his own hand cast shadows on a screen while the rays passed
easily through his flesh. Today, a group of doctors are equally
amazed during demonstrations of its potential for medicine.
They are shown a needle imbedded in a woman's hand and can clearly
see the point of fracture in a man's hand.
April
15, 1966
United States scientists Paul Parkman and Harry Myer develop
a vaccine to combat Rubella. The virus, also called "German
measles," can cause result in birth defects if contracted by
pregnant women.
November
15, 1984
"Baby Fae" dies in a Loma Linda, California hospital, twenty
days after receiving a transplanted baboon's heart in an experimental
and highly controversial medical first.
October
2, 1937
Motion Picture X-rays, the first of their kind, are displayed
at a convention of the American Roentgen Association by the
three doctors who developed them. The pioneers are Drs. Francis
H. Ghiselin, William J. Hoffman and William H. Stewart.
May
20, 1943
Swedish scientists isolate and photograph a virus believed to
be the cause of infantile paralysis, polio.
May
7, 1847
The American Medical Association is formed in Philadelphia;
its mandate is to upgrade the status of the profession and oversee
training standards.
May
9, 1924
Doctors at Harvard have isolated an antibody effective in the
treatment of pneumonia. They expect to cut the death rate from
the dreaded affliction by 25 to 50 percent.
August
30, 1953
In Helsinki, Dr. Peter Lindstrom demonstrates to the Nordic
Neurosurgical Society his experimental surgical method using
high-frequency ultrasonic waves rather than a knife when operating
on the brain. Lindstrom was previously married to actress Ingrid
Bergman.
September
19, 1935
In a controlled test, scientists at Harvard University have
discovered that ultraviolet light completely rids the air in
a closed room of germs.
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