Röntgen was experimenting with vacuum tubes at the University of Würzburg when he discovered the new ‘invisible light’ on 8 November 1895.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant.
On the 12th August 1865 Joseph Lister carried out the world’s first antiseptic surgery using the chemical phenol, otherwise known as carbolic acid.
On the 2nd February 1852, the world’s first modern public toilets opened in London.
On the 11th September 1978, Janet Parker became the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox.
On the 11th March 1918 the first confirmed case of what was to become known as Spanish Flu was identified at Camp Funston in Fort Riley, a huge military facility in Kansas.
On the 28th September 1928, the bacteriologist Alexander Fleming laid for the foundation for a revolution in modern medicine when he discovered the world’s first antibiotic.
On the 5th July 1948, healthcare provision in the UK was nationalized when the National Health Service was launched.
On the 14th May 1796, English physician and scientist Edward Jenner purposefully infected 8-year James Phipps with cowpox.
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