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Hippocrates father of medicine; believed that illness was not caused by evil spirits
Anthon van Leeuwenhook invented the microscope
Ben Franklin invented bifocals & found out colds can be spread from one person to another
Edward Jenner smallpox vaccine in 1796
Rene’ Laennec invented the stethoscope
Elizabeth Blackwell first female physician in United States
Louis Pasteur proved disease caused by microorganisms; pasteurization/rabies vaccine in 1885
Joseph Lister used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs & first physician to use antiseptic during surgery
Clara Barton Civil War nurse, developed American Red Cross in 1881
Robert Koch developed the culture plate method to study germs and discovered the bacteria that caused TB
Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays in 1895
Sigmund Freud studied effects of unconscious mind on the body; studies basis of psychiatry
Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928
Jonas Salk & Albert Sabin polio vaccine
Francis Crick & James Watson described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic info; won the Noble Prize in 1962
Christian Barnard performed 1st successful heart transplant in 1968
William Harvey described the circulation of blood to from the heart in 1628
Ignaz Semmelweis encouraged physicians to wash hands before and after autopsies and delivering babies in 1840's; basis of aseptic technique (handwashing)
Rhazes Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material
Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes in 1922
Ben Carson 20th century neurosurgeon famous for separating conjoined twins (Siamese twins)& refined surgery to control seizures
Florence Nightingale "Founder of Modern Nursing"; began the professional education of nursing in 1860
The Hippocratic Oath An oath of ethics historically taken by physicians.
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