American Decades

Important Events in Medicine and Health, 1930–1939

Anesthesia is advanced with the increased use of Avertin, originally developed in Germany.
Tincture of merthiolate gains widespread popularity for painting cuts and scratches after adding alcohol to sanitize the cut and vegetable dye to make it show on the skin.
Spleen X rays are accomplished by injecting emulsions of iodized nutrient oils into the bloodstream.
The Human Mind by Menninger Clinic psychiatrist Karl Menninger popularizes psychiatry as a source of help for the mentally ill.
On January 28, Prohibition reaches its tenth anniversary as the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports that deaths from alcoholism are soaring.
In February, scientists at the U.S. Public Health Service begin growing the rickettsia bacterium as a prelude to developing a typhus vaccine.
On April 8, Congress creates the National Institutes of Health.
In April, isolation of...

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