Cardiopulmonary bypass
by John Heysham Gibbon
A young Philadelphia surgeon came up with a heart-lung machine at Harvard in 1931. It took him twenty-two years to succeed.
Photo: Jerry Hecht (Public domain)
Healing was long a matter of trial and error. In the 19th century anaesthesia and germ theory transformed surgery and hygiene. Vaccines, antibiotics and medical imaging then added decades to life expectancy. Each advance pushed the limits of care a little further.
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Ebola virus
by Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
In 1976 a team from the Catholic mission hospital at Yambuku investigated the first outbreak of Ebola. A blood sample was then used by researchers of the American CDC to isolate and define a new virus.
Photo: CDC/ Dr. Frederick A. Murphy (Public domain)
Incubator
by Stéphane Tarnier
How do you keep babies born too early alive? A Paris obstetric surgeon designed the first true incubator, in use from 1880.
Photo: Yann (talk) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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