9/6/22 History of Medicine

Question 1

Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 1

• Painter, architect, scientist
• Dissects corpses, study anatomy
• Painted vitruvian man: displays proportions of man

Question 2

Vasalius

Answer 2

-Modern anatomy
-German anatomist and physician
- Published “De Fabrica Corporis Humani”

Question 3

Zacharius Jannssen

Answer 3

Dutch inventor
Invents the microscope and telescope

Question 4

William Harvey

Answer 4

English physician
-Publishes “ Anatomical Study of Motion of the heart and of the blood in Animals”
– Forms basis for research on blood vessels, arteries, and the heart

Question 5

Sir Christoper Wren

Answer 5

-English anatomist and mathematician
- Experiments with canine blood transfusion

Question 6

Anton van Leeuuweenhoek

Answer 6

-Dutch scientist
- Father of microbiology
- Discovered blood cells and bacteria

Question 7

Giacomo Pylarini

Answer 7

• Venetian physician
• First immunologists
• Gives inoculation for smallpox

Question 8

James Lind

Answer 8

Scottish physician
- Known for preventative medicine and nutrition
- Publishes “Treatise of the Scurvy” : citrus fruits prevents Scurvy

Question 9

Claudius Aymand

Answer 9

• French surgeon
• Performs first successful appendectomy

Question 10

Edward Jenner

Answer 10

English physician and scientist
Father of immunology
Developed process of vaccination for smallpox
First vaccines for any disease

Question 11

Sir Humphry Davy

Answer 11

Cornish chemist and inventor
Discover elements, and anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide

Question 12

Renee Laennec

Answer 12

French physician
Invents the stethoscope (chest conditions)

Question 13

James Blundell

Answer 13

English physician
- Performs first successful transfusion of human blood

Question 14

Crawford Long

Answer 14

American surgeon and pharmacist
Uses general anesthetic

Question 15

Dr. Horace Wells

Answer 15

American dentist
Uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic

Question 16

Elizabeth Blackwell

Answer 16

British physician
Pioneer from women in medicine
First women to gain a medical degree from Geneva College

Question 17

Charles Gabriel Pravaz

Answer 17

French orthopedic surgeon
Develops the hypodermic syringe