List of diseases by year of discovery
The following is a list of pathologies organized by year of discovery.
| Year | Disease | Discoverer |
|---|---|---|
| 2600 B.C. | Malaria[1] | |
| 1600 B.C. | Cancer | Unknown (Hippocrates) |
| 1798 | Color blindness | John Dalton |
| 1798 | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | John Dalton |
| 1881 | Impetigo | William Fox |
| 1906 | Alzheimer | Alois Alzheimer |
| 1910 | Sickle-cell disease | James B. Herrick |
| 1965 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |
| 1976 | Ebola virus disease | Peter Piot |
| 1983 | HIV | Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo |
| 2019 | SARS-CoV-2 |
See also
- Lists of diseases
- List of drugs
- List of drugs by year of discovery
- History of medicine
- History of emerging infectious diseases
References
- ↑ Cox, F. E. G. (1 October 2002). "History of Human Parasitology". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 15 (4): 595–612. doi:10.1128/CMR.15.4.595-612.2002. PMC 126866. PMID 12364371.
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