1865
Science
Moravia
Mendel's laws of inheritance
Gregor Mendel's pea experiments revealed discrete inherited factors.
Why it mattered
The foundation of genetics, ignored for thirty-five years.
Industrial Age
1865
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
1865
Medicine
Britain
Antiseptic surgery
Joseph Lister applied carbolic acid to wounds and instruments.
Why it mattered
Turned surgery from a last resort into a survivable procedure.
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