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Famous Med People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |