INVENTIONS Flashcards

1
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Father of microbiology; improved the microscope

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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

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2
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Discovered vaccination for smallpox; contribution to immunology

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Edward Jenner

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3
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (father of microbiology; improvement of the microscope)

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1660

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4
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Edward Jenner (Immunology; discovered vaccination to smallpox

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1796

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5
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Immunology`

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Edward Jenner

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6
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father of microbiology

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anotonie van leeuwenhoek

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7
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Identified organs by the type of tissues; significant work in histology

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Marie Francois Xavier Bichat

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8
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Marie Francois Xavier Bichat (Histology; identified organs by the type of tissues)

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1880

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9
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Produced disease in worms through injection of organic material; notable work in bacteriology

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Agostino Bassi

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10
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Agostino Bassi ( Bacteriology; produced disease in worms by injection of organicmateria

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1835

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11
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Developed immunity to rabies; made important contributions to microbiology

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Louis Pasteur

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12
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Louis Pasteur (Immunity to rabies)

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1857

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13
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Formulated laws of inheritance from studies on plants; foundational work in genetics

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Gregor Mendel

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14
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Gregor Mendel (law of inherited/heredity characteristics from studies on plants

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1866

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15
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Established the link between surgical infections and airborne organisms

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Joseph Lister

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16
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Produced the first pictures of bacilli and tubercle bacilli; key figure in bacteriology

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Robert Koch

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17
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Discovered phagocytes in blood; contributed to immunology

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Elie Metchnikoff

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18
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Developed steam sterilization techniques; significant advancement in medical equipment sterilization

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Ernest von Bergmann

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19
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Identified the ABO blood group system

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Karl Landsteiner

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20
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Developed immunologic tests for syphilis

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August von Wassermann

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21
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Studied rickettsiae, microorganisms between bacteria and viruses

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Howard Ricketts

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22
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Contributed to understanding the structure of hemoglobin

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Hans Fischer

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23
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Developed the poliomyelitis vaccine

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Jonas Salk

24
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Formulated Westgard Rules for quality control in the clinical laboratory

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James Westgard

25
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Developed the Hepatitis B Vaccine

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Baruch Samuel Blumberg

26
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Pioneered the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique

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Kary Mullis

27
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Developed intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF)

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Andre van Steirteghem

28
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Established the first human stem cell line (1998)

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James Thomson

29
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Joseph Lister (surgical infections are caused by airborne organisms

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1870

30
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Robert Koch (1st pictures of bacili and tubercle bacili

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1877

31
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Elie Metchnikoff (phagocytes in blood)

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1886

32
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Ernest von Bergmann (steam sterilization)

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1886

33
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Karl Landsteiner (ABO blood group system

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1902

34
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August von Wassermann (immunologic tests for syphilis

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1906

35
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Howard Ricketts (Rickettsiae; microorganisms between bacteria and viruses)

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1906

36
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Hans Fischer (structure of hemoglobin)

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1929

37
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Jonas Salk (Poliomyelitis vaccine)

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1954

38
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James Westgard (Westgard Rules for quality control in the clinical laboratory)

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1973

39
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Baruch Samuel Blumberg (Hepatitis B Vaccine

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1980

40
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Kary Mullis (Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR

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1985

41
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Andre van Steirteghem (intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF

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1992

42
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James Thomson (first human Stem Cell line)

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1998

43
Q

made the 1st description
of hematuria

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Rufus of Ephesus

44
Q

a Jewish physician and
philosopher; wrote the book Kitab al Baul
(Book of Urine)

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Isaac Judaeus

45
Q

used in
staining microorganisms

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aniline dyes

46
Q

invented the
microscope which opened the
door to the world of the
invisible

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Zacharias Janssen and his
father Hans

47
Q

Jesuit
priest; one of the earliest
microscopists who observed that
the blood of patients with plagues
contained “worms

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Athanasius Kircher

48
Q

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

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Marcello Malpighi

49
Q

observed that protein in
the urine precipitated
when boiled with Acetic
acid; his findings is a
useful diagnostic indicator
of proteinuria

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Frederick Dekkers

50
Q

English
physiologist; discovered
that when the blood
specimen was clotted, a
plasma could be separated
from the blood, he
describes it as “coagulable
lymph”

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William Hewson

51
Q

founded the archives of
pathology in Berlin

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Rudolph Virchow

52
Q

performed the 1st
quantitative test in urine
sugar

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Herman Fehling

53
Q

discovered
concepts of aerobic
and anaerobic
bacteria

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Louis Pasteur

54
Q

discovered partial
heat sterilization
which prevented
wine spoiling due
to microbes

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Louis Pasteur

55
Q

developed a vaccine
against Anthrax

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Louis Pasteur

56
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