Medical History Timeline 1981 - 1990 |
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Medical Equipments |
Medical Events |
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1981 |
First vaccine for hepatitis B. |
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Death of Leo Kanner (Austrian-American psychiatrist and
physician known for his work related to autism ) |
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Ioannis Yannas, professor of mechanical engineering at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, collaborates with John Burke,
MD, chief of trauma surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, to develop
artificial skin. The membrane is successfully implanted onto Mark Walsh,
saving his life from injuries sustained in an explosion in an aerosol-can
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1982 |
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Seattle dentist Dr. Barney Clark was the first person
implanted with the Jarvik-7, an artificial heart intended to last a lifetime.
William DeVries an American surgeon performed the surgery. |
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1983 |
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is identified.
Dr. Luigi Mastroianni, Jr., performed the first successful human in-vitro fertilization in the Philadelphia region.
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1984 |
Leprosy Vaccine made |
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1985 |
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Dr. Michael S. Brown, M’57 won the Nobel Prize in
Medicine for discoveries on the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.
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1986 |
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The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center was formed,
comprising the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the School
of Medicine. |
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1987 |
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Ben Carson, leading a 70-member medical team in Germany,
was the first to separate occipital craniopagus twins. |
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1988 |
Patricia Bath became the first African American woman doctor
to receive a patent for a medical invention. Patricia Bath's is a method for removing cataract lenses, transformed eye surgery, using a laser device making the procedure more accurate.
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1989 |
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1990 |
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