Today it is commonplace, the examination with a cardiac catheter. But the history of the cardiac catheter is not that old. It was just 74 years ago that a young resident pushed a long, thin catheter from a vein in his arm into the right atrium of his heart by himself and documented the whole … The First Cardiac Catheter
Alfred Bernhard Nobel, chemist and entrepreneur, surely known to many for the Nobel Prize, was born in Stockholm on Oct. 21, 1833. He left Stockholm at a young age and moved with his parents to St. Petersburg. There he received private lessons in languages, literature and natural sciences. After a few years abroad, where he … Who was Alfred Nobel?
100 years ago, on October 30, 1901, the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was awarded for the first time. It was awarded to bacteriologist and serologist Emil von Behring (1854-1917), who discovered diphtheria and tetanus antitoxin. He was also called the “savior of children” because they benefited from his findings in the 19th century, … Who was Emil Von Behring?
In 1953, Francis Crick and his research colleague James Watson decoded the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), i.e. the structure of the genetic material, and developed a spatial model of the double helix. This discovery is still regarded today as a revolution in molecular biology, which was also decisive for developments in genetic engineering. … Who Were Crick and Watson?
