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MEDICAL FIRSTS: INNOVATIONS AND MILESTONES CHANGED WRLD

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Chronological List of Firsts.
Thematic List of Firsts.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1: Medical Firsts.
2: First Medical School Still in Existence, 1088.
3: First Successful Cesarean Operation, 1337.
4: First Hospital in North America, 1524.
5: First Documented Condom Use, 1562.
6: First Wheelchair, 1595.
7: First American Dentist, 1630.
8: First Microbiologist, 1674.
9: First Clinical Trial, 1747.
10: First Female Doctor with a Full Medical Degree, 1754.
11: First Publicly Funded American Psychiatric Hospital, 1773.
12: First Vaccine, 1796.
13: First Successful Human-to-Human Blood Transfusion, 1829.
14: First University-Trained African American Doctor, 1837.
15: First Hypodermic Needle, 1844.
16: First Use of Anesthesia in Surgery, 1846.
17: First International Health Organization, 1851.
18: First Epidemiological Study, 1854.
19: First Use of Antiseptic Spray, 1865.
20: First Successful Brain Tumor Operation, 1879.
21: First Baby Incubator, 1880.
22: First Steps toward Universal Health Care, 1883.
23: First Cancer Immunotherapy Treatment, 1891.
24: First Successful Open Heart Surgery, 1893.
25: First Breast Augmentation Surgery, 1893.
26: First Medical X-ray, 1895.
27: First Electric Hearing Aid, 1898.
28: First Recognized Human Virus, 1900.
29: First American Food and Drug Purity Laws, 1906.
30: First Human Laparoscopy, 1910.
31: First Vitamin Identified, 1912.
32: First Country to Legalize Abortion, 1920.
33: First Physical Therapy Organization, 1921.
34: First Isolation and Purification of Insulin, 1922.
35: First Antibiotic, 1928.
36: First Gender Affirmation Surgery, 1930.
37: First Successful Joint Replacement, 1940.
38: First City with Fluoridated Water, 1945.
39: First Woman to Win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1947.
40: First FDA-Approved Chemotherapy Drug, 1949.
41: First Drug to Treat Depression, 1952.
42: First Automated Blood Counter, 1953.
43: First Successful Human Organ Transplant, 1954.
44: First Patient Treated with Ongoing Hemodialysis, 1960.
45: First Oral Contraceptive, 1960.
46: First Successful Human Xenotransplant, 1963.
47: First Disease Cured Using Stem Cells, 1963.
48: First Diagnostic Computed Tomography Scan, 1971.
49: First Monoclonal Antibodies, 1975.
50: First Sequencing of a DNA-Based Genome, 1977.
51: First Magnetic Resonance Imaging of a Human, 1977.
52: First Baby Born through In Vitro Fertilization, 1978.
53: First Human Disease Eradicated Globally, 1980.
54: First Robotic Surgery, 1985.
55: First FDA-Approved Drug to Treat HIV/AIDS, 1987.
56: First Laser Vision Corrective Surgery, 1988.
57: First Mammal Cloned from an Adult Cell, 1996.
58: First FDA-Approved Botanical Drug, 2006.
59: First Country to Legalize Euthanasia, 2011.
60: First 3D-Printed Prosthesis, 2012.
61: Firsts of the Future.
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