American Decades
Important Events in Medicine and Health, 1910–1919
1910
- The drug salvarsan comes into use against syphilis.
- The New York School of Chiropody opens in New York City.
- On January 15, the directory of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for hookworm prevention holds its first meeting.
- In March, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality is formed, leading to the creation of baby clinics.
- In June, the American Medical Association's Council on Medical Education and Hospitals issues the Flexner Report on medical education, leading many inadequate medical schools to close and others to merge.
- In June, the University of Michigan awards the first American degree in public health.
- In September, the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania establishes the nation's first medical research chair.
- In September, Columbia University offers the country's first course in optics and...
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1910's Medicine and Health
- Overview
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Topics in the News
- The Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919
- The Growth of Group Practice
- Health Insurance
- Improving Hospitals
- Medicine in World War I
- Nurses in World War I
- Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Psychological Testing in the Military
- Regulating Medicine
- The Revolution in Medical Education
- Surgery
- Technological and Medical Research Advances
- The War on Tuberculosis
- What Could We Do about Cancer in 1913?
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Headline Makers
- Goldberger, Joseph B. 1874-1929
- Kendall, Edward Calvin 1886-1972
- Mayo, William James 1861-1939 and Mayo, Charles Horace 1865-1939
- Meyer, Adolf 1866-1950
- Morgan, Thomas Hunt 1866-1945
- Sanger, Margaret 1879-1966
- Terman, Lewis Madison 1877-1956
- Vaughan, Victor Clarence 1851-1929
- Wald, Lillian D. 1867-1940
- Welch, William Henry 1850-1934
- People in the News
- Awards
- Deaths
- Publications
- Important Events in Medicine and Health, 1910–1919
