TIMELINE: MEDICAL DISCOVERIES

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For the good health, there is need of medicine when we fall ill.
And thus medical discoveries play a great role in our lives.

Let's take a quick look at the timeline.

• 1543

  Andreas Vesalius - Publishes "De Humani Corporis Fabrica," advancing human anatomy.

• 1796

  Edward Jenner - Introduces smallpox vaccination using cowpox virus.

• 1847

  Ignaz Semmelweis - Advocates handwashing to reduce infection rates.

• 1865

  Joseph Lister - Pioneers antiseptic surgery techniques.

• 1928

  Alexander Fleming - Discovers penicillin's antibiotic properties.

• 1945

  Jonas Salk - Develops polio vaccine.

• 1950

  Paul Zoll - Introduces external cardiac pacing for heart arrhythmias.

• 1953

  James Watson & Francis Crick - Reveal DNA's double helix structure.

• 1967

  Christiaan Barnard - Performs first successful heart transplant.

• 1978

  Louise Brown - First successful IVF birth.

• 1983

  Kary B. Mullis - Develops the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique.

• 1996

  Dolly the Sheep - First cloned mammal using somatic cell nuclear transfer.

• 2003

  Human Genome Project - Sequences the entire human genome.

• 2020

  COVID-19 Vaccines - Rapid development of vaccines to combat the pandemic.

• Present

  Ongoing Medical Research - Continual advancements in treatment and technology.