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Hippocrates

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“Father of Medicine”, created Hippocratic oath

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Egyptians

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Made prosthetics, dentistry

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Benjamin Franklin

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Invented bifocals, researched cold + lead poisoning

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Antony van Leeuwenhoek

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invented the microscope and studied bacteria

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William Harvey

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documented circulation of blood

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Edward Jenner

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discovered the small pox vaccine

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Florence Nightingale

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First nursing school

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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Accidentally discovered x-rays

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Christian Barnard

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First physician to perform a heart transplant

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Clara Barton

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American Red Cross

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Rene Laennec

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Invented stethoscope

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Jonas Salk

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Polio vaccine

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Alexander Fleming

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Penicillin

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Joseph Lister

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Antiseptics

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Robert Koch

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Father of microbiology

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Sigmund Freud

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Father of psychiatry