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HS1 Historicalpeople
Historical People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hippocrates | Father of Modern Medicine |
| Aristotle | First to study Anatomy |
| Claudius Galen | Blood flows through the arteries |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | First to use dissection |
| Ambroise Pare | Father of Modern Surgery |
| William Harvey | Blood flow through the body |
| Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | 1st discovered bacteria using a microscope |
| Joseph Priestley | Discovered Oxygen |
| Benjamin Franklin | Bifocals |
| Edward Jenner | Smallpox Vaccine |
| Rene Laennec | 1st Stethescope |
| Semmelweis | Washing hands |
| Elizabeth Blackwell | 1st Female Physician |
| Florence Nightingale | Founder of Modern Nursing |
| Joseph Lister | 1st to use antiseptic |
| Pual Ehrlich | Treatment of Syphilis |
| Clara Barton | Founded Red Cross |
| Robert Koch | Father of Microbiology |
| Louis Pasteur | Pasteurization |
| Wilhelm Rontgen | X-Ray |
| Alexander Fleming | Penicillin |
| Jonas Salk | Polio Vaccine (Injection) |
| Alfread Sabin | Oral Polio Vaccine |