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List of people important to surgical technology

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Robert Koch   Proved Pasteur's germ theory  
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Joseph Lister   - established first principles of asepsis and sterile technique - soaked instruments in carbolic acid  
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Ignaz Semmelweis   correlated frequent hand washing in obstetrics with lower rates of infection  
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Hans Gram   developed staining methods  
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Louis Pasteur   - proved the germ theory of disease - promoted hand washing  
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Robert Hooke   developed cell theory - all living things are composed of cells - cells; smallest complete living things  
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Edward Jenner   father of vaccine (smallpox)  
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William Halsted   developed and taught the priniciples of wound closure, hemostasis, and tisue handling  
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Andreas Vesalius   "father of modern anatomy" performed dissections of cadavers, providing meticulous drawing of anatomy  
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek   -discovered animalcules - microorganisms -made first accurate drawings of bacteria and protozoa  
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Ambroise Pare   used ligatures for arteries in performance of amputations  
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William Harvey   first to accurately describe circulatory anatomy and physiology  
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Denton Cooley   perfected the heart lung machine performed the first us heart transplant implanted first total artificial heart  
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Michael E. DeBakey   developed the first ventricular assistive pump device  
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