In celebration of Black History month below is a PARTIAL list of inventions by Black Americans -Dr. James McCune Smith invented a treatment for trismus in 1837 – Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler wrote a book on treating diseases in ...Read more
In celebration of Black History month below is a PARTIAL list of inventions by Black Americans
-Dr. James McCune Smith invented a treatment for trismus in 1837
– Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler wrote a book on treating diseases in women and children in 1883
– Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open-heart surgery in 1893
– Dr. Charles Drew developed the concept of blood banks in 1941
– Otis Boykin invented a pacemaker that regulated heartbeats electronically in 1953
– Dr. Jane Cooke Wright developed a technique to test cancer drugs on patient tissue in the 1950s
– Dr. Patricia Bath invented a device and method for cataract treatment in 1988
– Folding cabinet bed
– Potato chips
– Gas mask
– Protective mailbox
– Blood bank
– Improved ironing board
– Home security system
– Three-light traffic light
– Refrigerated trucks
– Automatic elevator doors
– Electret microphone
– Color IBM PC monitor
– Gigahertz chip
– Super Soaker
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