History Of Medicine Flashcards

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William Harvey

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Discovered that the flow of blood must be continuously flowing in one direction

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Antoine van Leeuwenhoek

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“Father of microbiology” created the microscope

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3
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

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Discovered that liquids boil at fixed temperatures

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4
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Benjamin Franklin

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Opened the first medical school

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5
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Edward Jenner

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Vaccination of small pox

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6
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Rene Laennec

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Invented the stethoscope

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7
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Elizabeth Blackwell

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The first women to graduate from medical school

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8
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Florence nightingale

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Founder of modern nursing

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9
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Michelangelo and da Vinci

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Drew the first realistic drawing of the human body

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10
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Joseph Lister

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A surgeon who Introduced new principles of cleanliness

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11
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Louis pasture

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Came up with the food preparing process known as pasteurization

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12
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Gregor Mendel

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Discovered basic principles of heredity

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13
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Marie curie

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Discovered polonium and radiation

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14
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Alexander Fleming

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Discovered penicillin

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15
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Rosalind Franklin

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Discovered DNA

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16
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Clara Barton

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Founded the American Red Cross

17
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Robert Koch

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Petrie dish creator

18
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Gregor Mendel

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Discovered basic principles of heredity

19
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Dimitri Ivanovsky

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Detail many of the characteristics of the organisms that came to be known as viruses

20
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Wilhelm rontgen

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X-ray generator

21
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Signing Freud

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Theory that the mind is a complex energy system

22
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Watson and crick

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Discovered DNA