Themes - Role Of Individual Flashcards
1
Q
Medieval period
What individuals had an impact
A
Hippocrates
Galen
Al-Razi
Avicenna
2
Q
Rennaisance period
What individuals had an impact?
A
Vesalius – human anatomy Paré – surgery during war – ligatures Harvey – circulation of blood Hunter – dissection and anatomical research Jenner – vaccination for smallpox
3
Q
19th century
What individuals had an impact
A
Simpson – chloroform (dosage by Snow) Pasteur – Germ theory Lister – antiseptics Koch – bacteriology John Snow – cholera outbreak Ehrlich – magic bullets – treatment for syphilis
4
Q
20th century
What individuals had an impact
A
Fleming, Florey and Chain – penicillin
Crick and Watson - DNA
