Key individuals Flashcards
Who was Hippocrates?
Greek doctor with lots of influence who’s main idea was observation of patients and writing it down. Created the four humours and Hippocratic oath (to be ethical and not harm patients).
Who was Ibn Sina?
Wrote the cannon of medicine that contained all medical knowledge of the time including a long list of drugs. This had 5 books.
Who was Galen?
First doctor to encourage dissection and took the idea of four humours further. Idea to check patients pulse for issues.
Who was Rhazes?
Translated Hippocrates and Galen’s books into Arabic.
Who was Al-Zahrawi?
A famous Islamic surgeon who wrote many books on surgery including how to treat battlefield injuries. Invented new surgical instruments.
Who was John Arderne?
Worked as a surgeon on the battlefields where he developed a pain killing ointment made from hemlock and opium.
Who was Hugh of Lucca?
Him and his son Theodoric saw that pus in wounds was harmful and recognized wine was good for cleaning wounds.
Who was Andreas Vesalius?
Professor at Padua for anatomy and surgery. Performed his own dissections and and a book correcting 300 of Galen’s mistakes. The fabric of the human body, 1543, argued doctors learning from dissections not books.
Who was Ambroise Pare?
Barber surgeon who learned from being an army surgeon. Invented a new way of sealing wounds on battlefield and used ligatures to tie blood vessels for first time.
Who was William Harvey?
Proved blood circulates circulates around the body using arteries and veins. Understood that heart acted as a pump for the circulatory system. Years for ideas to be accepted.
Who was James Lind?
Carried out first clinical trial. Found scurvy could be cured eating fresh fruit and vegetables.
Who was Florence Nightingale?
Hospital reformer who brought change in hospitals.
Who was John Hunter?
War surgeon interested in dissections and gifted in anatomy?
Who was Edward Jenner?
He made the first vaccine to cure smallpox.
Who was Louis Pasteur?
Invented Pasteurisation (killing germs by heating them), vaccines and published germ theory in 1861.
