From the 1721 smallpox inoculation breakthrough and the founding of Harvard Medical School in 1782, Boston has been a center for medical discoveries which have changed how patients are treated around the world.
From Africa to Boston to London:
Smallpox Inoculation
Inventing Baby Formula on Boston Harbor
:Tufts New England Medical Center's Floating Hospital
Spirituality and Health
: Mary Baker Eddy Library
Haven for Innovation
: Longwood Medical and Academic Area: Harvard Medical School
Making Modern Surgery Possible
: Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical Care for Women by Women
: Boston Women’s Hospital & Dimock Community Health Center
Development of Accurate Syphilis Test
: Tufts New England Medical Center
Bloodless Surgery: The Bovie:
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Research to Fight Polio
: Children’s Hospital
Letting Polio Victims Live: Iron Lung
: Children’s Hospital
Finding a Cure for Childhood Leukemia
: Dana Farber Cancer Institute
First Successful Kidney Transplant
: Brigham & Women’s Hospital
The Pacemaker, Electronically Regulating the Heart:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston Scientific Corporation
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Boston Scientific Corporation
