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5 October 2011 United States Medicine Wellness is discussed in cultural context
5 October 2011 United States Medicine A medical library presents community voices
5 October 2011 United States Medicine Indigenous healing knowledge receives a public platform
5 October 2011 United States Medicine Native Voices exhibition opens
9 May 1960 United States Medicine Regulatory approval differs from equal access
9 May 1960 United States Medicine Birth control trials prompt an ethics discussion
9 May 1960 United States Medicine A new contraceptive changes reproductive health
9 May 1960 United States Medicine US regulators approve a contraceptive pill
12 April 1955 United States Medicine Polio vaccine trial results are announced
12 April 1955 United States Medicine Large vaccine trial shapes public-health practice
12 April 1955 United States Medicine A major childhood disease becomes preventable
12 April 1955 United States Medicine Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine is licensed
14 March 1942 United States Medicine Antibiotic production faces an urgent test
14 March 1942 United States Medicine An American penicillin case survives
14 March 1942 United States Medicine A rare wartime medicine reaches a patient
14 March 1942 United States Medicine Anne Miller receives penicillin in New Haven
16 October 1846 United States Medicine Anesthesia changes the possibilities of surgery
16 October 1846 United States Medicine The Ether Dome becomes a surgical landmark
16 October 1846 United States Medicine Edward Abbott undergoes an ether operation
16 October 1846 United States Medicine Ether is publicly demonstrated during surgery
26 June 1721 United States Medicine Boylston inoculates three people in Boston
26 June 1721 United States Medicine A colonial inoculation experiment has unequal power
26 June 1721 United States Medicine African medical knowledge enters Boston practice
26 June 1721 United States Medicine Jack and Jackey undergo smallpox variolation