The momma called the doctor and the doctor said.............
Medical Advances *A typical family paid $148 a year for medical expenses. *Plastic contract lens created. *1st kidney dialysis machine. *New medical technology based on radioactive products. *There were better vaccines and improved hygienic measures. *By the end of the decade there were 6,572 hospitals in the country. *In 1943 there was a deadly disease called tuberculosis. Selman Abraham Waksman discovered a fungus called streptomycin grissel. So he produced an antibiotic called streptomycin. *Americans developed a material called whetlerite that was proved highly effective against known poison gases. *A head-wound gas mask was developed for people who were recovering from head injuries. *They started a blood donation program. *Pencillin was a life saving antibiotic.
Timeline 1940 O.H Robertson discovered that a solution of citrate glucose could preserve blood pressure for 21 days. Dr.Alfred Blalock and Dr.Helen Taussig co-designed a surgical technique for treatment of Tetrology of Fallot.
1941 Paul Owen noted correlation between diet and coronary thrombosis. Dr.Andre Cournand performs the first cardiac catherization.
1943 Selman Abraham Waksman discovered streptonmycin.
1944 Clarence Crawford surgically repaired coarctation of the aorta in humans.
1948 Minot and Murphy isolate the factor, B-12 vitamin.
1949 Dr.John H. and Gibbon Jr. use protamine to reverse anticogulation effect. HBM developes the heart lung machine.
Thanks to perfline.com/textbook/local/mvinas_chronol.htm and the 1940s book!