List of diseases by year of discovery
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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 |
| 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 |
See also[edit | edit source]
- Lists of diseases
- List of drugs
- List of drugs by year of discovery
- History of medicine
- History of emerging infectious diseases
References[edit | edit source]
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