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History Of Medical Innovators Flashcards

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Hippocrates

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Father of Medicine

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Anatomy of the Body

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Laennec

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Invented Stethoscope

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Louis Pasteur

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Discovered microorganisms cause diseases (Germ Theory)

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Semmelweiss

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Handwashing

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Alexander Flemming

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Discovered penicillin

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Florence Nightengale

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Founder of Modern Nursing

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Leeuwenhoek

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Invented microscope

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Joseph Lister

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Ist doctor to use antiseptic during surgery

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

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Created 1st mercury thermometer

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William Harvey

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Circulation of blood

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Benjamin Franklin

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Invented bifocals

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Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

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Discovered/created x-rays

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Christiaan Barnard

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Transplanted first human-to-human heart

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Jane Cooke Wright

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Pioneered cancer research specifically chemotherapy

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William T.G. Morton

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Invented anesthesia

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Norman Orentreich

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First hair transplant surgery

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Harold Gillies

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Father of Plastic surgery

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Suchruta

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Surgery procedures

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James Pantridge

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Cardiac Defibrillator

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Felix Hoffman

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Invented aspirin

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Rune Elmqvist

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Implantable past maker

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Patricia Bath

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Invented a new technique for cataract surgery known as Laserphaco

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