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Subcategories - Epidemics, Diseases

1. Acupuncture Develops in China
2. AIDS Scientists and Activists Meet in Amsterdam
3. Albert Calmette
4. Alcoholism
5. Baron Florey
6. Behring Discovers the Diphtheria Antitoxin
7. Bernardo Alberto Houssay
8. Blalock Performs the First “Blue Baby” Operation
9. Britain Announces Mad Cow Disease Has Infected Humans
10. Calmette and Guérin Develop the Tuberculosis Vaccine BCG
11. Cerletti and Bini Develop Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treating Schizophrenia
12. Chemical and Biological Warfare
13. Chloramphenicol Is Discovered
14. Chlorination of the U.S. Water Supply Begins
15. Confirmation of Asbestos Hazards Sparks Widespread Litigation
16. Daffos Uses Blood Taken Through the Umbilical Cord to Diagnose Fetal Disease
17. Decline in U.S. AIDS Death Rate Slows
18. Development of a Polio Vaccine
19. DeVries Implants the First Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart
20. Disease and Intergroup Contact
21. Diseases, post-contact
22. Domagk Discovers That a Sulfonamide Can Save Lives
23. Drinker and Shaw Develop an Iron Lung Mechanical Respirator
24. Dutch Elm Disease Arrives in the United States
25. Ebola Epidemic Breaks Out in Zaire
26. Edward Jenner
27. Emil von Behring
28. Enzyme Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
29. Epidemics and diseases
30. The EPA Publicizes the Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
31. First AIDS Cases Are Reported in North America
32. The First Commercial Genetic Engineering Product, Humulin, Is Marketed by Eli Lilly
33. Fleming Discovers Penicillin in Molds
34. Florey and Chain Develop Penicillin as an Antibiotic
35. Food and Drug Administration Approves Thalidomide to Fight Leprosy
36. A Gene That Can Suppress the Cancer Retinoblastoma Is Discovered
37. A Genetically Engineered Vaccine for Hepatitis B Is Approved for Use
38. George Hoyt Whipple
39. Girolamo Fracastoro
40. Gorgas Develops an Effective Method of Mosquito Control
41. Gorgas Develops Effective Methods for Controlling Mosquitoes
42. Great Fire of London
43. Greek Physicians Begin Scientific Practice of Medicine
44. Grijns Proposes That Beriberi Is Caused by a Nutritional Deficiency
45. Gruentzig Uses Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, via a Balloon Catheter, to Unclog Diseased Arteries
46. Hanford Nuclear Reservation Becomes a Health Concern
47. Harry Stack Sullivan
48. Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Construction Leads to Disaster
49. Horsfall Announces That Cancer Results from Alterations in the DNA of Cells
50. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis