People Flashcards

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Father of medicine

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Hippocrates

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2
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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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6
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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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10
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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

17
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Performed the first blood transfusion in 1818

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James Blundell

18
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Invented the first stethoscope in 1819

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Rene Laennec

19
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was the founder of modern nursing

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Florence nightingale

20
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Encouraged physicians to wash their hands

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Ignaz semmelwies

21
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Became the first female physcian in the US in 1849

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Elizabeth Blackwell

22
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Started using disinfectant and antiseptics during suregy to prevent infection in 1865

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Jospeh Lister

23
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Founded the American Red cross in 1881

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Clara Barton

24
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Proved that microorganism cause disease. Also pasteurized milk to kill bacteria. Created a vaccine for rabbies in 1885.

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Louis Pasteur

25
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Establishes principles of heredity and dominant/ recessive patterns

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Gregorhy Mendel

26
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Discovered viruses in 1892

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Dmitri Ivanoski

27
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Discovereed Roentgenograms (X-rays) in 1897

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Wilhem Roetengen

28
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Demostrated that mosquitoes carry yellow fever im 19000

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Walter Reed

29
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Classified the ABO blood groups in 1901.

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Carl Landsteiner

30
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Identified how white blood cells protect against disease

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Dr. Ellie Metchnikoff

31
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Isolated radium in 1910.

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MAria Curia

32
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Studies formed the basis for phhyscology and pshyiatry.

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Sigmund freuds

33
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Discovered insulin to treat diabetes in 1922.

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Frederick Banting and Charles Best

34
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Discovered penicillin in 1928

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Sir Alexander Fleming

35
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Developed the pap rest to detect cerbicla cancer

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Dr. George Paniolau

36
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described the structure of of DNA and how it carers genetic information in 1953..

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Frances Crick and James Watson

37
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Developed the polio vaccine using ded polio virus in 952

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Jonas salj

38
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Developed an (Live) polio vaccine in the mid 1950’s

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Albert Sabim

39
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First successful kidney transplant in 1953

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Joseph Murrray

40
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First successful heart transplant in 2968

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Christian Barnard

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