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Clara Barton   Founded the American red cross in 1881  
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Leonardo da Vinci   Artist who used dissection to draw the human body  
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Gabriel Fahrenheit   created the first mercury thermometer  
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Sir Alexander Fleming   Discovered penicillin in 1928  
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Hippocrates   The father of medicine  
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Joseph Lister   Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery  
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Florence Nightingale   founder of modern medicine  
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Louis Pasteur   Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria  
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Rhazes   An arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material  
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William Roentgen   Discovered X-rays in 1895  
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek   invented the microscope  
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Rene Laennec   invented the stethoscope  
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Elisabeth Garrett Anderson   first female physician in great Britain  
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Elizabeth Blackwell   First female physician in the US  
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Buddy   first seeing eye dog in the US  
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Long-term care   provide assistance and care mainly for elderly patients  
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emergency care   provide special care for accidents or sudden illness  
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mental health care   deal with mental disorders and diseases  
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industrial health care   health centers located in large companies or industry's  
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dental offices   offices owned by one or more dentists  
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laboratories   perform specific tests  
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home health care   provide care in patients home  
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rehabilitation facilities   provide physical, occupational, and other therapies  
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genetic counseling   check for genetic abnormalities and birth defects  
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