Table 1

 Some therapeutic advances, 17th–20th centuries

Therapeutic advanceScientist, year
Treatment of feverRobert Talbor, 1682
Small pox variolationJames Jurin, 1722
Treatment of scurvyJames Lind, 1753
The “dropsy”William Withering, 1785
VaccinationEdward Jenner, 1796
AnaesthesiaJames Simpson, 1853
The establishment of antiseptic techniquesJoseph Lister, 1867
The discovery of antibioticsAlexander Fleming, 1928