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CHAPTER ONE INVENTIONS Flashcards

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The father of microbiology; known for his work on the improvement of microscope

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1660
Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Identified organs by their tissue types. Father of Histology

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1793
Marie Francois Xavier Bichat

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Discovered vaccination to establish immunity to smallpox

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1796
Edward Jenner

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Successfully produced immunity to rabies
Father of Immunology

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1857
Louis Pasteur

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Enunciated his law of inherited characteristics from studies on plants

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1866
Gregor Mendel

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Demonstrated that surgical infections are caused by airborne organisms

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1870
Joseph Lister

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Presented the first pictures of bacilli (anthrax) and later tubercle bacilli

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1877
Robert Koch

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Described phagocytes in blood and their role in fighting infection

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1886
Elie Metchnikoff

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Introduced steam sterilization in surgery

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1886
Ernst von Bergmann

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Distinguished blood groups through development of the ABO blood group system

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1902
Karl Landsteiner

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Developed immunologic tests for syphilis

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1906
August von Wassermann

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Discovered microorganism whose range lies between bacteria and viruses called Rickettsiae

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1906
Howard Ricketts

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Worked out the structure of hemoglobin

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1929
Hans Fischer

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Introduced the Westgard Rules for quality control in the clinical laboratory

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1973
James Westgard

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Introduced the Hepatitis B vaccine

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1980
Baruch Samuel Blumberg

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Developed the Polymerase Chain reaction (PCR)

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1985
Kary Mullis

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Introduced the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF)

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1992
Andre van Steirteghem

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Derived the first human stem cell line

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1998
James Thomson

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Develop poliomyelitis vaccine

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1954
Jonas Salk

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Produce disease in worms by injection of organic materials. Start of bacteriology

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1835
Agostino Bassi

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