1900-1906 - ANZSBT History Project

1900 Planck proposes quantum theory.

1901 Alzheimer identifies ‘presenile dementia’.

1902 Pusey reports 1^st use of radiation to treat malignancies.

1903 Einthoven invents 1^st practical electrocardiogram.

1903 Osler describes Polycythaemia Vera (pictured).

1905 Einstein publishes theory of Special Relativity.

1906 Hopkins suggests existence of vitamins & concludes they are essential to health.

1906 Bateson coins term ‘genetics’.

1906 French scientists Carnot & Deflandre suggest existence of a humoral factor that stimulates red blood cell production.

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