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Ancient Egyptians

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Earliest people to keep health records

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Ancient Chinese

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curing the spirit and nurturing the whole body

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Hippocrates

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known as the father of medicine due to his careful observations and note keeping

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Ancient Romans

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Disease to poor sanitation

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Michelangelo and DaVinci

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Human dissection and illustrations and printed materials used by students in medical universities

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William Harvey

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First to correctly describe blood’s circulation through the body

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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Invents microscope

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Gabriel Farenheit

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Made first reliable thermometers

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Benjamin Franklin

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Launched first American Medical school

Invented bifocals

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Edward Jenner

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Smallpox vaccine

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Rene Laennec

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Invented stethoscope

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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First woman in America to earn M.D. degree

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Florence Nightingdale

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Formal training for nurses

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Joseph Lister

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Used disinfectants during surgery to prevent infection

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Clara Barton

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Founded American red cross

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Robert Koch

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Developed culture plate method to identify pathogens

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Louis Pasteur

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Proved microorganisms cause diseases invented process of pasteurization and vaccinations.

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Gregory Mendel

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Concept of DNA

Basis of genes

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Dmitri Ivanofski

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First to discover viruses

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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Discovery of X-ray beams

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Marie Curie

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isolated radium

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Sigmund Freud

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Freudian slip
Psychology
psychoanalytic techniques

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Alexander Flemming

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Discovery of penicilin

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Watson and Crick

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Determination of structure of DNA

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Rosalind Frankline

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Structure of DNA

X-ray diffraction

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Rhazes

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Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material

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Ancient Greeks

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good diet and cleanliness prevent disease

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primitive times

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disease and illness caused by evil spirits and demons

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renaissance

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rebirth of science and medicine, body drawn accurately

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Middle ages

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medical universities developed, bubonic plague killed 3/4 of population in Europe and Asia

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