Names and their inventions Flashcards

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The Father of Microbiology; known for his work on the improvement of the miscroscope

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1660

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The Father of Immunology; discovered small pox vaccine

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Edward Jenner
1796

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Identified organs by their types of tissues; Impact of contribution: Histology

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Marie Francois Xavier Bichat
1800

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First to expound the parasitic theory of infection

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Agostino Bassi
1835

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Invented the stethoscope

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René Laënnec
1815

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The Father of Microbiology; discovered the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization

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Louis Pasteur
1857

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The Father of Genetics; developed the theory of inheritance

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Gregor Mendel
1866

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The Father of Modern Surgery; demonstrated that surgical infections are caused by airborne organisms

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Joseph Lister
1870

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The Father of Clinical Microbiology; identified the specific causative agents of anthrax, and later, tuberculosis (1882) and cholera (1883)

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Robert Koch
1876

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Describe phagocytes in blood and their role in fighting infection

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Elie Metchnikoff
1886

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Introduced steam sterilization in surgery

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Ernst von Bergmann
1886

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Discovered the X-ray by accident

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Wilhelm Conrad Röentgen
1895

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Distinguished blood groups through the development of the ABO blood group system

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Karl Landsteiner
1902

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Developed immunologic tests for syphilis

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August von Wassermann
1906

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Worked out the structure of hemoglobin

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Hans Fischer
1929

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Built the first dialysis machine

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Willem J. Kolff
1943

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Performed the first successful kidney transplant

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A team led by Dr. Joseph E. Murray
1954

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Developed poliomyelitis vaccine

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Jonas Salk
1954

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Developed the first commercial CT Scanner

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Dr. Godfrey Hounsfield
1971

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Introduced the Westgard Rules for quality control in the clinical laboratory

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James Westgard
1973

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Developed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (M.R.I.)

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Dr. Raymond V. Damadian
1978

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Introduced the Hepatitis B vaccine

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Baruch Samuel Blumberg
1980

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Developed the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

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Kary Mullis
1985

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Introduced the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF)

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Andre van Steirteghem
1992

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Invented the automated DNA sequencing technique

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Dr. Leroy E. Hood
1992

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Derived the first human Stem Cell line

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James Thomson
1998