18th Century Flashcards

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Emphasized on close bedside observation and importance of classifying diseases

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Thomas Sydenham

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Father of Physiology, Dutch Huppocrates

Great Clinical Teacher

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Hermann Boerhaave

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3
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supporter of vitalism; diseases result from excess or deficiency of Tonus
Phlogiston theory: combustion

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Friedrich hoffmann

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4
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President of the Royal Medical Society

Stimulants and sedatives for treatment (Brunonian System)

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John Brown

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5
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Introduced binomial nomeclature

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Carolus Linnaeus

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6
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Proponent of homeopathy; miasma

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Samuel Hahnemann

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7
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First to perform iridectomy

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William Cheselden

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8
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Swiss Father of Modern Physiology

Theory of preformation

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Albrecht von Haller

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9
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Described tuberculosis, meningitis, and ditheria

localized the seat of reflex action in the spinal cord

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Robert Whytt

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10
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Father of modern histology

Importance of autopsy

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Francois Xavier Bichat

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11
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Founder of phrenology

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Franz Joseph Gall

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12
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Discovered the mebranous labyrinth, nasopalatine nerve, and femoral triangle

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Antonia scarpa

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