
Medical Firsts
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Chronological List of Firsts
- Thematic List of Firsts
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Medical Firsts
- 1. First Medical School Still in Existence, 1088
- 2. First Successful Cesarean Operation, 1337
- 3. First Hospital in North America, 1524
- 4. First Documented Condom Use, 1562
- 5. First Wheelchair, 1595
- 6. First American Dentist, 1630
- 7. First Microbiologist, 1674
- 8. First Clinical Trial, 1747
- 9. First Female Doctor with a Full Medical Degree, 1754
- 10. First Publicly Funded American Psychiatric Hospital, 1773
- 11. First Vaccine, 1796
- 12. First Successful Human-to-Human Blood Transfusion, 1829
- 13. First University-Trained African American Doctor, 1837
- 14. First Hypodermic Needle, 1844
- 15. First Use of Anesthesia in Surgery, 1846
- 16. First International Health Organization, 1851
- 17. First Epidemiological Study, 1854
- 18. First Use of Antiseptic Spray, 1865
- 19. First Successful Brain Tumor Operation, 1879
- 20. First Baby Incubator, 1880
- 21. First Steps toward Universal Health Care, 1883
- 22. First Cancer Immunotherapy Treatment, 1891
- 23. First Successful Open Heart Surgery, 1893
- 24. First Breast Augmentation Surgery, 1893
- 25. First Medical X-ray, 1895
- 26. First Electric Hearing Aid, 1898
- 27. First Recognized Human Virus, 1900
- 28. First American Food and Drug Purity Laws, 1906
- 29. First Human Laparoscopy, 1910
- 30. First Vitamin Identified, 1912
- 31. First Country to Legalize Abortion, 1920
- 32. First Physical Therapy Organization, 1921
- 33. First Isolation and Purification of Insulin, 1922
- 34. First Antibiotic, 1928
- 35. First Gender Affirmation Surgery, 1930
- 36. First Successful Joint Replacement, 1940
- 37. First City with Fluoridated Water, 1945
- 38. First Woman to Win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1947
- 39. First FDA-Approved Chemotherapy Drug, 1949
- 40. First Drug to Treat Depression, 1952
- 41. First Automated Blood Counter, 1953
- 42. First Successful Human Organ Transplant, 1954
- 43. First Patient Treated with Ongoing Hemodialysis, 1960
- 44. First Oral Contraceptive, 1960
- 45. First Successful Human Xenotransplant, 1963
- 46. First Disease Cured Using Stem Cells, 1963
- 47. First Diagnostic Computed Tomography Scan, 1971
- 48. First Monoclonal Antibodies, 1975
- 49. First Sequencing of a DNA-Based Genome, 1977
- 50. First Magnetic Resonance Imaging of a Human, 1977
- 51. First Baby Born through In Vitro Fertilization, 1978
- 52. First Human Disease Eradicated Globally, 1980
- 53. First Robotic Surgery, 1985
- 54. First FDA-Approved Drug to Treat HIV/AIDS, 1987
- 55. First Laser Vision Corrective Surgery, 1988
- 56. First Mammal Cloned from an Adult Cell, 1996
- 57. First FDA-Approved Botanical Drug, 2006
- 58. First Country to Legalize Euthanasia, 2011
- 59. First 3D-Printed Prosthesis, 2012
- 60. Firsts of the Future
- Index
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