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History of Healthcar
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hippocrates | Father of Medicine |
| Edward Jenner | developed the smallpox vaccine |
| Joseph Lister | started using antiseptics and disinfectants in surgery |
| Clara Barton | Established the American Red Cross |
| Florence Nightingale | founder of modern nursing |
| Louis Pasteur | Germ theory, germs cause disease, heat destroys germs |
| Rene Laennec | Invented the stethoscope |
| Crick and Watson | Discovered the structure of DNA |
| Sir Alexander Fleming | discovered penicillin - the first antibiotic in 1928 |
| Ben Carson | Successfully separated conjoined twins |
| Jonas Salk | developed the polio vaccine |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | created the microscope |
| Leonardo da Vinci | First to draw the human body accurately |
| Wilhelm Roentgen | discovered x-rays |
| Elizabeth Blackwell | First female physician in the U.S. |