Fact Book

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

12261. Discovery
Stethoscope
Discoverer/Inventor : rene laennec (france)
Year : 1819

12262. Discovery
Streptomycin
Discoverer/Inventor : selman waksmann (u.s.a)
Year : 1944

12263. Discovery
Synthetic Antigens
Discoverer/Inventor : landsteiner (u.s.a)
Year : 1917

12264. Discovery
Terramycin
Discoverer/Inventor : finlay and others (u.s.a)
Year : 1950

12265. Discovery
Thyroxin
Discoverer/Inventor : edward calvin-kendall (u.s.a)
Year : 1919

12266. Discovery
Typhus Vaccine
Discoverer/Inventor : j. nicolle (france)
Year : 1909

12267. Discovery
Vaccination
Discoverer/Inventor : edward jenner (britain)
Year : 1796

12268. Discovery
Vaccine, Measles
Discoverer/Inventor : enders (u.s.a)
Year : 1963

12269. Discovery
Vaccine, Meningitis
Discoverer/Inventor : gardon, et al. connaught lab (u.s.a)
Year : 1987

12270. Discovery
Vaccine, Polio
Discoverer/Inventor : jonas salk (u.s.a)
Year : 1954

12271. Discovery
Vaccine, Polio-Orai
Discoverer/Inventor : albert sabin (u.s.a)
Year : 1960

12272. Discovery
Vaccine, Rabies
Discoverer/Inventor : louis pasteur (france)
Year : 1885

12273. Discovery
Vaccine, Smallpox
Discoverer/Inventor : jenner (britain)
Year : 1776

12274. Discovery
Virology
Discoverer/Inventor : ivanovski and bajernick (ussr, netherlands)
Year : 1892

12275. Discovery
Vitamin A
Discoverer/Inventor : mc collum and m. davis (u.s.a)
Year : 1913

12276. Discovery
Vitamin B1
Discoverer/Inventor : minot and murphy (u.s.a)
Year : 1936

12277. Discovery
Vitamin C
Discoverer/Inventor : froelich holst (norway)
Year : 1919

12278. Discovery
Vitamin D
Discoverer/Inventor : mc collum (u.s.a)
Year : 1925

12279. Discovery
Vitamin K
Discoverer/Inventor : doisy dam (u.s.a)
Year : 1938

12280. Discovery
Western Scientific Therapy
Discoverer/Inventor : hippocrates (greece)
Year : 460-370 bc

12281. Discovery
Yoga
Discoverer/Inventor : patanjali (india)
Year : 200-100 bc

12282. Element
Element : actinium
Symbol : ac
Atomic no. : 89
Melting Point (deg c) : 1051
Boiling Point (deg c) : 3198
Discoverer : debierne/giesel (1899/1902)

12283. Element
Element : aluminum
Symbol : al
Atomic no. : 13
Melting Point (deg c) : 660.32
Boiling Point (deg c) : 2519
Discoverer : wohler (1827)

12284. Element
Element : americium
Symbol : am
Atomic no. : 95
Melting Point (deg c) : 1176
Boiling Point (deg c) : 2011
Discoverer : seaborg et al. (1944)

12285. Element
Element : antimony
Symbol : sb
Atomic no. : 51
Melting Point (deg c) : 630.63
Boiling Point (deg c) : 1587
Discoverer : early historic times

12286. Element
Element : argon
Symbol : ar
Atomic no. : 18
Melting Point (deg c) : -189.35
Boiling Point (deg c) : -185.85
Discoverer : rayleigh and ramsay (1894)

12287. Element
Element : arsenic (gray)
Symbol : as
Atomic no. : 33
Melting Point (deg c) : 817
Boiling Point (deg c) : 603
Discoverer : albertus magnus (1250)

12288. Element
Element : astatine
Symbol : at
Atomic no. : 85
Melting Point (deg c) : 302
Boiling Point (deg c) :
Discoverer : corson et al. (1940)

12289. Element
Element : barium
Symbol : ba
Atomic no. : 56
Melting Point (deg c) : 727
Boiling Point (deg c) : 1897
Discoverer : davy (1808)

12290. Element
Element : berkelium
Symbol : bk
Atomic no. : 97
Melting Point (deg c) : 1050 (? form)
Boiling Point (deg c) :
Discoverer : seaborg et al. (1949)

12291. Element
Element : beryllium
Symbol : be
Atomic no. : 4
Melting Point (deg c) : 1287
Boiling Point (deg c) : 2471
Discoverer : vauquelin (1798)

12292. Element
Element : bismuth
Symbol : bi
Atomic no. : 83
Melting Point (deg c) : 271.40
Boiling Point (deg c) : 1564
Discoverer : geoffroy the younger (1753)

12293. Element
Element : bohrium
Symbol : bh
Atomic no. : 107
Melting Point (deg c) :
Boiling Point (deg c) :
Discoverer : armbruster and munzenberg (1981)

12294. Element
Element : boron
Symbol : b
Atomic no. : 5
Melting Point (deg c) : 2075
Boiling Point (deg c) : 4000
Discoverer : gay-lussac and (1808)

12295. Element
Element :
Symbol :
Atomic no. :
Melting Point (deg c) :
Boiling Point (deg c) :
Discoverer : thenard; davy

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