My first Magazine SFI Little Book - April Re-print edits included | Page 21

33 1844
Francis Rynd invented
the hollow needle of the
hypodermic syringe,
delivering the world’s first
ever pain-relieving injection.
35 1916
Born in County Down, Frank Partridge
introduced the modern version of CPR and
developed the first portable defibrillator.
34 1857
Offaly born John Joly gave us
the photometer, meldometer, a
differential steam calorimeter,
colour printing on glass, an
explanation for sap rising in tall
trees and most significantly the first
effective radiotherapy for treating
cancer, the ‘Dublin Method’.
36 1681
Allen Mullen publicly dissects an
elephant that died in a Dublin fire
and discovers important anatomical
oddities never seen before .