1920 in Science - Medicine

Medicine

  • Frederick Banting and Charles Best co-discover insulin.
  • Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt first describes some of the symptoms of what will become known as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
  • Hydrocodone, a narcotic analgesic closely related to codeine, is first synthesized in Germany by Carl Mannich and Helene Löwenheim.

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