1882: A German scientist named Robert Koch discovers the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. Reference

1882: Ella F. Warren becomes the first woman admitted to membership in the American Pharmaceutical Association. Reference

1883: Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, called the "Crusading Chemist" and "Father of the Pure Food and Drug Act," becomes the chief chemist of the Bureau of Chemistry, which later becomes the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Wiley or Reference 1 / Reference 2 / Reference 3

1885: Louis Pasteur develops the first rabies vaccine which has saved millions of lives around the world. Reference

1889: Josephine R. Barbat is the first female pharmacist to serve as faculty member in a college of pharmacy (California College of Pharmacy) . Reference

1889: An Act of Congress creates the Commissioned Corps of the Marine Hospital Service. Only physicians are commissioned as officers at this time; however, pharmacists serve as non-commissioned professionals within the Marine Hospital Service. Reference /Commissioned Corps Logo.