Inventors Of Medicine Flashcards
Gabriel Fahrenheit
(What he Invented and the date)
First mercury thermometer in 1714
Joseph priestly
((What he discovered and the date)
The element oxygen, In 1744
John Hunter
(What he do?)
Establish surgical procedure, introduced feeding tube and first English Surgeon
Benjamin Franklin
Invented bifocals for glasses
James Lind
(What he do - date)
Prescribed lime juice containing vitamins to prevent scurvy in 1796
Edward Jenner
(What he do - date)
Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796
Rene Lannec
Invented the stethoscope
Elizabeth Blackwell
(What she do - date)
Became the the first female physician in 1849
Florence Nighingale
(What she do - date)
Founder of modern nursing; established sanitary nursing units during the Crimean War In 1854
Dorothea Dix
(What she do - date)
Appointed Superintendent of Female Nursing of the Army in 1861
Joseph Lister
(What he do - date)
Started using disinfectant and antiseptics during surgery to discern infection in 1865
Clara Barton
Founded the American Red Cross
Louis Pasteur
Proved microorganism can cause disease; pasteurize milk to kill bacteria
What was the vaccine for that Louis Pasteur created (Date)
Created vaccine for rabies in 1885
Who was the father of microbiology and what did he develop
Robert Koch; developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens and isolated the bacteria causing tuberculosis
Wilheim Roentgen
(What he do - date)
Discovered Roentgenograms (X-rays) in 1895
Marie Curie
(What she do - date)
Isolated Radium in 1910
Sir Alexander Fleming
(What he do - date)
Discovered penicillin in 1928
Who were the two people who discovered the use of insulin to treat diabetes in 1922
Frederick Banting and Charles Best
Jonas Salk
(What he do - date)
Developed the polio vaccine in the mid 1950s
Who is called the Father of medicine; developed an organized method observe the human body; recorded signs and symptoms of many diseases: created a code of conduct for physicians
Hippocrates
Who is the father of comparative anatomy; he also beloved that illness is a result of natural causes
Aristotle
An Arab physician- based diagnosis on the signs and symptoms of disease:; suggested blood was the cause of many infectious diseases
Rhazes
Artist who used dissection in order to draw the human body more realistically
Michelangelo and Leonardo de Vinci