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Famous Med People
Term | Definition |
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hippocrates | father or modern medicine |
aristotle | anatomy |
claudius galen | blood flows through arteries |
leonardo da vinci | dissections |
ambroise pare | father or modern surgery |
william harvey | circulation |
leeuwenhoek | bacteria |
joseph priestly | oxygen from photosynthesis |
benjamin franklin | bifocals and catheter |
edward jenner | smallpox vaccine |
rene laennec | stethescope |
ignaz semmelweis | hand washing |
william morton | ether anesthetic |
elizabeth blackwell | first female physician |
florence nightingale | founder of modern nursing |
joseph lister | antiseptic |
paul ehrlich | syphilis cure |
clara barton | american red cross |
robert koch | father of microbiology |
louis pasteur | pasteurization |
wilhelm roentgen | x rays |
sigmund freud | father of pyschanalysist |
alexander fleming | penicillin |
jonas salk | shot polio vaccine |
albert sabin | oral polio vaccine |