People And Events In Medical History

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Anthon Van Leeuwenhook

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Invented the microscope

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Ben Franklin

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Invented bifocals and found out colds can be spread from one person to another

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Edward Jenner

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Smallpox vaccine in 1796

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Rene Laennec

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Invented the stethoscope

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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First female physician in United States

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Louis Pasteur

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Proved disease caused by microorganisms; pasteurization/rabies vaccine in 1885

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Joseph Lister

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Used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs and first physician to use antiseptic during surgery

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Clara Barton

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Civil War nurse, developed American Red Cross in 1881

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Robert Koch

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Developed the culture plate method to study germs and discovered the bacteria that causes TB

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William Roentgen

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Discovered x-rays in 1895

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Sigmund Freud

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Studied effects of unconscious mind on the body; studies basis psychiatry

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Sir Alexander Fleming

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Discovered penicillin in 1928

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Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin

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Polio vaccine

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Francis Crick and James Watson

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described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic info; won the Nobel Prize in 1962

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Christian Barnard

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Performed first successful heart transplant in1968

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William Harvey

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Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart in 1628

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Ignaz Semmelweis

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Encouraged physicians to wash hands before and after autopsies and delivering babies in the 1849’s; basis of aseptic technique (handwashing)

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Rhazes

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Arab physician who began the use of animal gut

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Frederick Banting and Charles Best

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Discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes in 1922

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Ben Carson

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20th century neurosurgeon famous for separating conjoined twins (Siamese Twins) and refined surgery to control seizures

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Florence Nightingale

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“Founder of Modern Nursing”; began the professional education of nursing in 1860

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Egyptians

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Radical contributions of Ancient times: known for creating first health records and structured procedures

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Ancient Times

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Primary belief that sickness caused by supernatural beings

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Babylonians

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Medical contributions of Ancient times: first to develop fees for physicians

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Hindus

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Medical contributions of Ancient times: known for having hospitals and many types of surgery

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Chinese

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Medical contributions of Ancient times: 1000 medicinal herbs and acupuncture

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Ancient Greeks

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Believed illness is the result of natural causes

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Ancient Romans

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Installed great drainage and sanitation systems; first hospitals

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Renaissance

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Reason replaced religion and superstition in medicine; known as the rebirth of the science of medicine; invention of printing press helped spread medical knowledge

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Industrial Revolution

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Link between structure and function in the body is made

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Modern Era

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New technology produced rapid growth in health care

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20th Century

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First health insurance plans developed

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16th and 17th Centuries

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First pharmacies (apothecaries) made prescribed and sold medications

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Hippocrates

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Father of medicine; believed that illness was not caused by evil spirits