Healthcare People

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Aristotle

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“Father of Science”, Considered the founder of comparative anatomy

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Frederick Banting / Charles Best

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1921, Isolated insulin and use it in the treatment of diabetes

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Clara Barton

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1881, Established the Red Cross

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Bartolomeo Eustachio

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Identified the tube connecting the ear and throat

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Alexander Fleming

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1928, Discovered penicillin

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Benjamin Franklin

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1784, Invented bifocals

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Sigmund Freud

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Invented psychotherapy

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Claudius Galen

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Greek physician, studied infectious disease

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William Harvey

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Determined how blood circulates

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Hippocrates

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Considered the Father of Medicine

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Edward Jenner

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1796, Created the Smallpox vaccine

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Robert Koch

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1890s, Isolated Tuberculosis Bacterium (TB)

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Rene Laennec

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1816, Invented the stethoscope

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Invented the microscope

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James Lind

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1754, Used lime juice to prevent scurvy

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Joseph Lister

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“Father of Modern Surgery”, First doctor to use antiseptic during surgery

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Gregor Mendel

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“Father of Modern Genetics”, Developed the principles of heredity

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William Morton

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1846, Dental surgeon, used ether as an anesthetic

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Joseph Murray

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1954, Performed the first successful kidney transplant

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Florence Nightingale

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1860, Established the first school of nursing

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George Papanicolaou

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Developed Pap Smear

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Louis Pasteur

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Developed a process to eliminate bacteria from milk

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Joseph Priestley

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1774, Discovered Oxygen

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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1895, Discovered X-Rays

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Jonas Salk

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1953, Created the Polio vaccine

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Gabriel Fallopian

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Discovered Fallopian Tube

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Benjamin Franklin

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Found that colds could be passed from person to person

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Inez Semmelweiss

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Identified the cause of puerperal fever which led to importance of hand washing

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Ernest von Bergman

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Developed Asepsis

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Paul Ehrlick

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Discovered effect of medicine on disease causing microorganisms

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Alfred Sabin

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Discovered that a live virus provided more effective immunity

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Drew the human body during the Renaissance