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 Â Â
 – Folding cabinet bedÂ
– Potato chipsÂ
– Gas maskÂ
– Protective mailboxÂ
– Blood bankÂ
– Improved ironing boardÂ
– Home security systemÂ
– Three-light traffic lightÂ
– Refrigerated trucksÂ
– Automatic elevator doorsÂ
– Electret microphoneÂ
– Color IBM PC monitorÂ
– Gigahertz chipÂ
– Super SoakerÂ
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