Question | Answer |
Moses | 1st advocate of preventive medicine |
Hippocrates | Father of Medicine - Hippocratic Oath named after him |
Galen | Father of experimental physiology - 1st neurologists |
Name the 3 main men of ancient times | Moses, Hippocrates, & Galen |
Andreas Vesalius | Father of Modern Anatomy |
Anton Van Leauwenhoek | discovered magnification |
John Hunter | Founder of scientific surgery - 1st to classify teeth - provided prescribtion of the symphilitic chancre |
Edward Jenner | developed small pox vaccine. |
Rene Laennec | developed the stethoscope |
Louis Pasteur | Father of Bacteriology & Preventative Medicine - developed pasteurization |
Joseph Lister | revolutionized surgery - started sterile surgery - "Listerine" |
Robert Koch | introduced culture plate method |
Crawford Williamson Long | 1st to use ether as an anesthetic |
Wilhelm Roentgen | discovered the x-ray |
Florence Nightingale | Founder of nursing |
Clara Barton | started American Red Cross |
Elizabeth Blackwell | 1st female doctor in the U.S. |
Name 3 19th Century Women | F. Nightingale, C. Barton, E. Blackwell |
Name the 2 Early Medical Pioneers | Andreas Vesalius & Anton Van Leauwenhoek |
Fredrick Banting | isolated insulin to treat diabetes |
Sir Alexander Flemming | discovered penicillin |
Dr. David Ho | helps in AIDS research |
Dr. Eve Slater | Assistant Secretary for Health for US Dept of Health & Human Services |
Dr. C. Everett Koop | US Surgeon General |
Dr. Marcia Angell | former cheif of New England Journal of Medicine |
Dr. Anthony Fauci | Director of National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
Dr. Novello | 1st woman & hispanic to be US Surgeon General |