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== 1924 gallery == | |||
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File:1924WOlympicPoster.jpg|1924 Winter Olympic Poster | |||
File:Don Francisco Macias.jpg|Don Francisco Macias | |||
File:Kim Dae-jung presidential portrait.jpg|Kim Dae-jung presidential portrait | |||
File:Max Roach.jpg|Max Roach | |||
File:DOrothyMalone.jpg|Dorothy Malone | |||
File:Lee marvin 1971.JPG|Lee Marvin 1971 | |||
File:Gloria Vanderbilt 1959.JPG|Gloria Vanderbilt 1959 | |||
File:Mugabe 1979 a.jpg|Mugabe 1979 | |||
File:Noboru Takeshita cropped 1 Noboru Takeshita 19871106.jpg|Noboru Takeshita 1987 | |||
File:Lys Assia (1957).jpg|Lys Assia 1957 | |||
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Latest revision as of 05:27, 3 March 2025
1924 in medicine refers to the significant events, discoveries, and advancements in the field of medicine that took place in the year 1924.
Events[edit]
In 1924, the American Heart Association was founded by a group of physicians and social workers in New York City. This organization has since become a leading force in the fight against heart disease and stroke.
Discoveries and advancements[edit]
In the same year, Willem Einthoven was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his invention of the electrocardiogram. This device has become an essential tool in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
Births[edit]
Several notable figures in the field of medicine were born in 1924, including Joseph E. Murray, who performed the first successful kidney transplant, and Jerome Horwitz, who synthesized the first antiretroviral drug for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Deaths[edit]
1924 also saw the death of Alexis Carrel, a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for his work on vascular suturing and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs.
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