INVENTIONS Flashcards
Father of microbiology; improved the microscope
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Discovered vaccination for smallpox; contribution to immunology
Edward Jenner
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (father of microbiology; improvement of the microscope)
1660
Edward Jenner (Immunology; discovered vaccination to smallpox
1796
Immunology`
Edward Jenner
father of microbiology
anotonie van leeuwenhoek
Identified organs by the type of tissues; significant work in histology
Marie Francois Xavier Bichat
Marie Francois Xavier Bichat (Histology; identified organs by the type of tissues)
1880
Produced disease in worms through injection of organic material; notable work in bacteriology
Agostino Bassi
Agostino Bassi ( Bacteriology; produced disease in worms by injection of organicmateria
1835
Developed immunity to rabies; made important contributions to microbiology
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur (Immunity to rabies)
1857
Formulated laws of inheritance from studies on plants; foundational work in genetics
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel (law of inherited/heredity characteristics from studies on plants
1866
Established the link between surgical infections and airborne organisms
Joseph Lister
Produced the first pictures of bacilli and tubercle bacilli; key figure in bacteriology
Robert Koch
Discovered phagocytes in blood; contributed to immunology
Elie Metchnikoff
Developed steam sterilization techniques; significant advancement in medical equipment sterilization
Ernest von Bergmann
Identified the ABO blood group system
Karl Landsteiner
Developed immunologic tests for syphilis
August von Wassermann
Studied rickettsiae, microorganisms between bacteria and viruses
Howard Ricketts
Contributed to understanding the structure of hemoglobin
Hans Fischer
Developed the poliomyelitis vaccine
Jonas Salk
Formulated Westgard Rules for quality control in the clinical laboratory
James Westgard
Developed the Hepatitis B Vaccine
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
Pioneered the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique
Kary Mullis
Developed intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF)
Andre van Steirteghem
Established the first human stem cell line (1998)
James Thomson
Joseph Lister (surgical infections are caused by airborne organisms
1870
Robert Koch (1st pictures of bacili and tubercle bacili
1877
Elie Metchnikoff (phagocytes in blood)
1886
Ernest von Bergmann (steam sterilization)
1886
Karl Landsteiner (ABO blood group system
1902
August von Wassermann (immunologic tests for syphilis
1906
Howard Ricketts (Rickettsiae; microorganisms between bacteria and viruses)
1906
Hans Fischer (structure of hemoglobin)
1929
Jonas Salk (Poliomyelitis vaccine)
1954
James Westgard (Westgard Rules for quality control in the clinical laboratory)
1973
Baruch Samuel Blumberg (Hepatitis B Vaccine
1980
Kary Mullis (Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR
1985
Andre van Steirteghem (intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF
1992
James Thomson (first human Stem Cell line)
1998
made the 1st description
of hematuria
Rufus of Ephesus
a Jewish physician and
philosopher; wrote the book Kitab al Baul
(Book of Urine)
Isaac Judaeus
used in
staining microorganisms
aniline dyes
invented the
microscope which opened the
door to the world of the
invisible
Zacharias Janssen and his
father Hans
Jesuit
priest; one of the earliest
microscopists who observed that
the blood of patients with plagues
contained “worms
Athanasius Kircher
Italian
microscopist who served as a
physician to Pope Innocent XII;
renowned for his exploration of
the embryology of chick;
founding father of modern
Anatomic pathology
Marcello Malpighi
observed that protein in
the urine precipitated
when boiled with Acetic
acid; his findings is a
useful diagnostic indicator
of proteinuria
Frederick Dekkers
English
physiologist; discovered
that when the blood
specimen was clotted, a
plasma could be separated
from the blood, he
describes it as “coagulable
lymph”
William Hewson
founded the archives of
pathology in Berlin
Rudolph Virchow
performed the 1st
quantitative test in urine
sugar
Herman Fehling
discovered
concepts of aerobic
and anaerobic
bacteria
Louis Pasteur
discovered partial
heat sterilization
which prevented
wine spoiling due
to microbes
Louis Pasteur
developed a vaccine
against Anthrax
Louis Pasteur
