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People and Events in Medical History

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Hippocrate   father of medicine; believed that illness was not caused by evil spirits  
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Anthon van Leeuwenhook   invented the microscope  
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Ben Franklin   invented bifocals & found out colds can be spread from one person to another  
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Edward Jenner   smallpox vaccine in 1796  
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Rene’ Laennec   invented the stethoscope  
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Elizabeth Blackwell   first female physician in United States  
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Louis Pasteur   proved disease caused by microorganisms; pasteurization/rabies vaccine in 1885  
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Joseph Lister   used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs & first physician to use antiseptic during surgery  
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Clara Barton   Civil War nurse, developed American Red Cross in 1881  
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Robert Koch   developed the culture plate method to study germs and discovered the bacteria that caused TB  
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Wilhelm Roentgen   discovered x-rays in 1895  
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Sigmund Freud   studied effects of unconscious mind on the body; studies basis of psychiatry  
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Sir Alexander Fleming   discovered penicillin in 1928  
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Jonas Salk & Albert Sabin   polio vaccine  
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Francis Crick & James Watson   described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic info; won the Noble Prize in 1962  
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Christian Barnard   performed 1st successful heart transplant in 1968  
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William Harvey   described the circulation of blood to from the heart in 1628  
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Ignaz Semmelweis   encouraged physicians to wash hands before and after autopsies and delivering babies in 1840's; basis of aseptic technique (handwashing)  
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Rhazes   Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material  
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Frederick Banting and Charles Best   discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes in 1922  
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Ben Carson   20th century neurosurgeon famous for separating conjoined twins (Siamese twins)& refined surgery to control seizures  
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Florence Nightingale   "Founder of Modern Nursing"; began the professional education of nursing in 1860  
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Egyptians   Medical contributions of Ancient times: known for creating first health records and structured procedures  
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Ancient Times   Primary medical belief that sickness caused by supernatural beings  
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Babylonians   Medical contributions of Ancient times:first to develop fees for physicians  
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Hindus   Medical contributions of Ancient times:known for having hospitals and many types of surgery  
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Chinese   Medical contributions of Ancient times: 1000 medicinal herbs and acupuncture  
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Ancient Greeks   believed that illness is the result of natural causes  
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Ancient Romans   known for beginning public health by installing great drainage & sanitation systems; first hospitals  
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Renaissance   Reason replaced religion & superstition in medicine; known as the rebirth of the science of medicine; invention of printing press helped spread medical knowledge  
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Industrial Revolution   Link between structure and function in the body is made  
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Modern Era   New technology produced rapid growth in health care  
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20th Century   First health insurance plans developed  
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16th, 17th Centuries   First pharmacies (apothecaries) made prescribed and sold medications  
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1970s   What decade was the first "test tube" baby born in England?  
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1960s   What decade was birth control pills approved by the FDA?  
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1980s   In what decade was Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) identified as a disease?  
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Andreas Vesalius   published first anatomy book  
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2003   What year was the Human Genome Project was completed  
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