Modern medical history Flashcards
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Who identified the pumping action of the heart?
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William Harvey, described circulation as continuous circuit, used dogs not humans
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Who is the father of modern anatomy
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Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) Corrected Galen's errors, wrote first relatively correct anatomy Textbook
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Who invented the microscope
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Anton von Leeuwenhoek. first person to observe bacteria, allowed to accurately describe a red blood cell
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Who is the father of scientific surgery
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John Hunter (1728-1793) first to develop feeding tube in 1778, first to classify teeth in a scientific manner
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Who invented smallpox vaccine
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Edward Jenner 1796
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Who was first to study the mind as part of health care
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Benjamin Rush published “Medical inquiries and observations upon diseases of the mind” 1812
