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Famous Men Flashcards

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Discovered x-ray imaging

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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Italian inventor, artist, and anatomist. Detailed sketches of the human body

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Founder of anatomy and father of medicine

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Hippocrates

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Accurately described circulation

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William Harvey

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Improved microscope magnification to allow for description of many cell types

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Anton Von Leeuwenhoek

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Greek “comparative anatomist” using dissected animals to describe human scructure

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Aristotle

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One of the most influential anatomists, Roman “gospel” of anatomy for 1500 years

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Galen

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Artist and anatomist, used several hundred human cadavers to produce “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” the first comprehensive atlas

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Andreas Vesalius

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Painted public dissections that took place in amphitheatres

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Rembrandt

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