People Flashcards

(42 cards)

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Father of medicine

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Hippocrates

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German doctor who identified the bacterium that caused tuberculosis

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Robert Koch

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3
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Believed to be the first Physician

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Imoptep

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4
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A biochemist that identified the brain as the physiological site of senses

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Alcmeaon

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5
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Physician who believed the body was regulated by four humors; blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile.

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Claudius Galen

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5
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Dissected animals and is called the founder of comparative anatomy

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Aristotle

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Became know as the Arab Hippocrates, observed disease and distinguished the difference between smallpox and measles.

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Rhazes

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7
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Physician who described the parasite causing scabies

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Avenzoar

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8
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Frist book on antomy was made by

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Andreas Vesalius

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9
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Book on die tics

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Issac Judaeus

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French surgeon who became know as the father of modern surgery.

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Ambroise Pare

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11
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Made the microscope in 1666

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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12
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Created the first mercury thermometer in 1714

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

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13
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English surgeon who established scientific surgical procedure

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John Hunter

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14
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Invented the bifocals for glasses

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Benjamin Franklin

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15
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Prescribed lime juice containing vitamin C to prevent scurvy in 1795

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James Lind

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16
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Developed a vaccination for smallpox in 1796

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Edward Jenner

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Performed the first blood transfusion in 1818

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James Blundell

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Invented the first stethoscope in 1819

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was the founder of modern nursing

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Florence nightingale

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Encouraged physicians to wash their hands

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Ignaz semmelwies

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Became the first female physcian in the US in 1849

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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Started using disinfectant and antiseptics during suregy to prevent infection in 1865

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Jospeh Lister

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Founded the American Red cross in 1881

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Proved that microorganism cause disease. Also pasteurized milk to kill bacteria. Created a vaccine for rabbies in 1885.
Louis Pasteur
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Establishes principles of heredity and dominant/ recessive patterns
Gregorhy Mendel
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Discovered viruses in 1892
Dmitri Ivanoski
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Discovereed Roentgenograms (X-rays) in 1897
Wilhem Roetengen
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Demostrated that mosquitoes carry yellow fever im 19000
Walter Reed
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Classified the ABO blood groups in 1901.
Carl Landsteiner
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Identified how white blood cells protect against disease
Dr. Ellie Metchnikoff
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Isolated radium in 1910.
MAria Curia
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Studies formed the basis for phhyscology and pshyiatry.
Sigmund freuds
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Discovered insulin to treat diabetes in 1922.
Frederick Banting and Charles Best
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Discovered penicillin in 1928
Sir Alexander Fleming
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Developed the pap rest to detect cerbicla cancer
Dr. George Paniolau
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described the structure of of DNA and how it carers genetic information in 1953..
Frances Crick and James Watson
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Developed the polio vaccine using ded polio virus in 952
Jonas salj
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Developed an (Live) polio vaccine in the mid 1950's
Albert Sabim
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First successful kidney transplant in 1953
Joseph Murrray
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First successful heart transplant in 2968
Christian Barnard
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