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His contemporary Nicolaes Tulp believed that cancer was a poison that slowly spreads, and concluded that it was contagious. [6] In the 1600s, cancer was vulgarly called "the wolf[e]". [7] The first cause of cancer was identified by British surgeon Percivall Pott, who discovered in 1775 that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among ...
1900 – Swedish Dr. Stenbeck cures a skin cancer with small doses of radiation [4]; 1920s – Dr. William B. Coley's immunotherapy treatment, regressed tumors in hundreds of cases, the success of Coley's Toxins attracted heavy resistance from his rival and supervisor, Dr. James Ewing, who was an ardent supporter of radiation therapy for cancer.
3 Earth sciences. 4 Mathematics. 5 Pharmacology. ... The year 1933 in science and technology involved some significant events, ... First attempted human kidney ...
The earliest pipes were made of clay, and are found at the Temple of Bel at Nippur in Babylonia. [126] [b] 4000 BC: Oldest evidence of locks, the earliest example discovered in the ruins of Nineveh, the capital of ancient Assyria. [129] 4000 BC – 3400 BC: Oldest evidence of wheels, found in the countries of Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. [130 ...
1275 –1326 – Mondino de Luzzi "Mundinus" carried out the first systematic human dissections since Herophilus of Chalcedon and Erasistratus of Ceos 1500 years earlier. [36] [37] Anathomia, 1541; 1288 – The hospital of Santa Maria Nuova founded in Florence, it was strictly medical. [7] 1300 – concave lens spectacles to treat myopia ...
Cases sprung up of the development of carcinoma in patients who had used conventional radium therapy up to 40 years after the original treatments. [5] Robley D. Evans made the first measurements of exhaled radon and radium excretion from a former dial painter in 1933. At MIT he gathered dependable body content measurements from 27 dial painters.
Pages in category "1933 in science" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In the United States, overall cancer incidence rates were stable from 1995 through 1999, while cancer death rates decreased steadily from 1993 through 1999. [16] Again, this likely reflects the combined impact of improved screening, prevention, and treatment.