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People in medical hi
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hippocrates | Father of modern medicine |
| Aristotle | First to study anatomy |
| Claudius Galen | First to prove arteries carry blood |
| Leonardo de Vinci | First to use dissection |
| William Harvey | First to discover blood circulation |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | Father of Microbiology |
| Joseph Priestly | Discovered oxygen |
| Ben Franklin | Created bifocals |
| Edward Jenner | Vaccine for smallpox |
| Ambrose Pare | father of modern surgery |
| Rene Laennec | stethoscope |
| Philippe Pinal | awareness to mental health |
| Ignaz Semmelweis | hand washing |
| William Morten | anesthesia |
| Elizabeth Blackwell | first female physition |
| Florence Nightingale | modern nursing |
| Joseph Lister | antiseptic |
| Paul Ehrlich | treatment of syphilis |
| Clara Barton | American Red Cross |
| Robert Roch | microbiology |
| Louis Pasteur | pasteurization |
| Emile Roux | bacteriologist |
| Wilhelm Roentgen | X-Rays |
| Alexander Fleming | penicillin |
| Sigmund Freud | Father of psychology |
| Jonas Salk | Polio Vaccine |
| Alfred Sabin | oral polio vaccine |