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Chapter 1
History of Medicine & Pharmacy/Important People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aristotle | Greek scientist, philosopher |
| Asclepius | Greek god of healing & medicine |
| Roger Bacon | English scientist responsible for scientific methods |
| Francis Crick | Co-discover of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix |
| James Watson | Co-discover of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix |
| Gerhard Domagk | Developed sulfonamides & synthetic antibiotics |
| Alexander Fleming | Discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic |
| Claudius Galen | Greek physician |
| Hippocrates | Greek physician & philosopher, considered to be the father of medicine |
| Gregor Mendel | Scientist & monk, known as the father of genetics |
| Florence Nightingale | Nurse who was responsible for improving the unsanitary conditions at a British base hospital during Crimean War, reducing the death count |
| Paracelsus | Swiss physician, philosopher, & scientist |
| Louis Pasteur | French scientist, discovered several vaccines & invented pasteurization |