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Med147 Office Procedures

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Aesculapius   The staff of Aesculapius depicts a serpent encircling a staff and signifies the art of healing.  
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Hippocrates   The Father of Medicine,Wrote the Hippocratic Oath.  
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Galen   Prince of Physicians  
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Johns Hopkins University Medical School   Became the leader in medical education in the United States.  
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Abraham Flexner   “Flexner Report” was one of the earliest examples of the accreditation process.  
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Andreas Vesalius   The Father of Modern Anatomy. He published a book detailing the structure of the human body that conflicted with the earlier teachings of Galen.  
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Gabriele Fallopius   described and named many parts of human anatomy, including the fallopian tubes in the female.  
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William Harvey   discovered that the heart acts as a muscular pump, moving blood throughout the body  
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek   discovered the magnification process and was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa through a lens.  
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Marcello Malpighi   was a proponent of using the microscope and was instrumental in making microscope study a prerequisite in medicine  
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John Hunter   is known as the Founder of Scientific Surgery  
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Edward Jenner   is best known for giving the first vaccination. He studied smallpox and cowpox, and as a result of Jenner’s work, smallpox has been eradicated from the world  
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Leopold Auenbrugger   developed the use of percussion in diagnosis.  
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Rene Laennec   developed the stethoscope, which began as a rolled paper, allowing him to hear sounds inside the body.  
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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis   has been called the Savior of Mothers because of his work fighting puerperal fever. He realized that disinfecting and washing hands when moving from one patient to another would reduce the spread of germs.  
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Louis Pasteur   He is best known for developing pasteurization, a method of destroying microorganisms.  
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Joseph Lister   is considered the Father of Sterile Surgery  
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Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen   discovered x-rays and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.  
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Marie and Pierre Curie   discovered radium and were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902.  
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Florence Nightingale   was the founder of nursing, known as the “Lady with the Lamp” because of her efforts in caring for wounded soldiers.  
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Clara Barton   was the founder of the American Red Cross  
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Margaret Sanger   was a proponent of birth control for women at a time when it was illegal to import or distribute any device designed to prevent pregnancy or induce abortion.  
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Sir Alexander Fleming   discovered penicillin accidentally as he was researching.  
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Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin   developed an injectable vaccination against polio.  
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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross   pioneered the understanding of the grief process.  
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Dr. David Ho   one of the most brilliant minds working on the AIDS crisis today.  
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Dr. C. Everett Koop   He is a former Surgeon General of the United States. He is responsible for warning labels on cigarettes.  
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CDC   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  
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