1950 in Science - Medicine

Medicine

  • October - Australian-born British thoracic surgeon Norman Barrett describes the condition which will become known as Barrett's oesophagus.
  • December 11 - The typical antipsychotic Chlorpromazine is first synthesized.
  • Antihistamine discovered.
  • An external artificial pacemaker is developed by John A. Hopps in conjunction with Wilfred Gordon Bigelow at Toronto General Hospital.

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