Medical Firsts: Innovations and Milestones That Changed the World [Team-IRA]

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