Fact Book

12211. Desert
Desert : mojave desert
Area : 35,000 sq. km.
Territories : southern californis.

12212. Desert
Desert : desierto de sechura
Area : 26,000 sq. km.
Territories : north-west 'peru'.

12213. Discovery
Adrenaline
Discoverer/Inventor : schafer and oliver (britain)
Year : 1894

12214. Discovery
Anesthesia, Local
Discoverer/Inventor : koller (austria)
Year : 1885

12215. Discovery
Anesthesia, Spinal
Discoverer/Inventor : bier (germany)
Year : 1898

12216. Discovery
Anti-Toxins (Science Of Immunity)
Discoverer/Inventor : behring and kitasato (germany, japan)
Year : 1890

12217. Discovery
Aspirin
Discoverer/Inventor : dreser (germany)
Year : 1889

12218. Discovery
Ayurveda
Discoverer/Inventor : (india)
Year : 2000-1000 bc

12219. Discovery
Bacteria
Discoverer/Inventor : leeuwenhock (netherlands)
Year : 1683

12220. Discovery
Bacteriology
Discoverer/Inventor : ferdinand cohn (germany)
Year : 1872

12221. Discovery
Biochemistry
Discoverer/Inventor : jan baptista van helmont (belgium)
Year : 1648

12222. Discovery
Blood Plasma Storage (Blood Bank)
Discoverer/Inventor : drew (u.s.a)
Year : 1940

12223. Discovery
Blood Transfusion
Discoverer/Inventor : jean-baptiste denys (france)
Year : 1625

12224. Discovery
Cardiac Pacemaker
Discoverer/Inventor : a.s hyman (u.s.a)
Year : 1932

12225. Discovery
Cat Scanner
Discoverer/Inventor : godfrey hounsfield (britain)
Year : 1968

12226. Discovery
Chemotherapy
Discoverer/Inventor : paracelsus (switzerland)
Year : 1493-1541

12227. Discovery
Chloroform As Anaesthetic
Discoverer/Inventor : james simpson (britain)
Year : 1847

12228. Discovery
Chloromycetin
Discoverer/Inventor : burkholder (u.s.a)
Year : 1947

12229. Discovery
Cholera T.B Germs
Discoverer/Inventor : robert koch (germany)
Year : 1877

12230. Discovery
Circulation Of Blood
Discoverer/Inventor : william harvey (britain)
Year : 1628

12231. Discovery
Cryo-Surgery
Discoverer/Inventor : henry swan (u.s.a)
Year : 1953

12232. Discovery
Diphtheria Germs
Discoverer/Inventor : klebs and loffler (germany)
Year : 1883-84

12233. Discovery
Electro-Cardiograph
Discoverer/Inventor : willem einthoven (netherlands)
Year : 1903

12234. Discovery
Electro-Encephalogram
Discoverer/Inventor : hand berger (germany)
Year : 1929

12235. Discovery
Embryology
Discoverer/Inventor : kari ernest van baer (estonia)
Year : 1792-1896

12236. Discovery
Endocrinology
Discoverer/Inventor : bayliss and starling (britain)
Year : 1902

12237. Discovery
First Test Tube Baby
Discoverer/Inventor : steptoe and edwards (britain)
Year : 1978

12238. Discovery
Gene Therapy On Humans
Discoverer/Inventor : martin clive (u.s.a)
Year : 1980

12239. Discovery
Genes Associated With Cancer
Discoverer/Inventor : robert weinberg and others (u.s.a)
Year : 1982

12240. Discovery
Heart Transplant Surgery
Discoverer/Inventor : christian barnard (s. africa)
Year : 1967

12241. Discovery
Histology
Discoverer/Inventor : marie bichat (france)
Year : 1771-1802

12242. Discovery
Hypodermic Syringe
Discoverer/Inventor : alexander wood (britain)
Year : 1853

12243. Discovery
Kidney Machine
Discoverer/Inventor : kolf (netherlands)
Year : 1944

12244. Discovery
Leprosy Bacillus
Discoverer/Inventor : hansen (norway)
Year : 1873

12245. Discovery
Lsd (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)
Discoverer/Inventor : hoffman (switzerland)
Year : 1943

12246. Discovery
Malaria Germs
Discoverer/Inventor : laveran (france)
Year : 1880

12247. Discovery
Morphine
Discoverer/Inventor : friderich sertumer (germany)
Year : 1805

12248. Discovery
Neurology
Discoverer/Inventor : franz joseph gall (germany)
Year : 1758-1828

12249. Discovery
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Discoverer/Inventor : raymond damadian (u.s.a)
Year : 1971

12250. Discovery
Open Heart Surgery
Discoverer/Inventor : walton lillehel (u.s.a)
Year : 1953

12251. Discovery
Oral Contraceptive Pills
Discoverer/Inventor : gregory pincus, rock (u.s.a)
Year : 1955

12252. Discovery
Penicillin
Discoverer/Inventor : alexander fleming (britain)
Year : 1928

12253. Discovery
Physiology
Discoverer/Inventor : albrecht von haller (switzerland)
Year : 1757-66

12254. Discovery
Positron Emission Tomography
Discoverer/Inventor : louis sokoloff (u.s.a)
Year : 1978

12255. Discovery
Rabies Vaccine
Discoverer/Inventor : louis pasteur (france)
Year : 1860

12256. Discovery
Recombinant-Dna Technology
Discoverer/Inventor : paul berg, h.w. boyer,s cohen (u.s.a)
Year : 1972-73

12257. Discovery
Reserpine
Discoverer/Inventor : jal vakil (india)
Year : 1949

12258. Discovery
Rh-Factor
Discoverer/Inventor : karl landsteiner (u.s.a)
Year : 1940

12259. Discovery
Serology
Discoverer/Inventor : paul ehrlich (germany)
Year : 1884-1915

12260. Discovery
Small Pox Eradicated
Discoverer/Inventor : w.h.o declaration (un)
Year : 1980

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