1926-1929 - ANZSBT History Project

1926 Minot & Murphy make classic report of oral liver as 1^st effective treatment for pernicious anaemia.

1926 1^st vaccine for pertussis.

1927 1^st vaccine for tetanus.

1927 1^st vaccine for tuberculosis.

1928 Fleming discovers penicillin.

1929 Berger develops human electroencephalography.

1929 Castle 1^st describes mechanisms of Pernicious Anaemia.

1929 Eijkman: Noble Prize in Physiology/Medicine for discovery of vitamins essential to good health.

1929 Arinkin describes sternal puncture to obtain bone marrow.

1929 Wintrobe refines haematocrit technique & introduces RBC indices MCV, MCH & MCHC.

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