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The first physician

Imhotep

Founder of comparative anatomy

Aristotle

Father of medicine

Hippocrates

Decided that there are four fluids/humors in the human body, and belived that an imbalence of these humors caused illness.

1 Blood

2 Phlem

3 Black bile

4 Yellow bile

Claudius Galen

Distinguished smallpox, and measles in 910 AD, belived that blood causes many diseases, and used animal guts to suture wounds.

Rhazes

Used dissection to draw the human body accurately.

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Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci

Published the first book on anatomy.

Andreas Vesalius

The father of modern surgery. Eliminated the need for cauterisation, has fracture treatments, and promoted the use of prosthetics.

Ambrose Pare

Described the blood flow through the body

William Harvey

Described parts of the female reproductive and auditory systems.

Gabriel Fallopius

Invented the microscope

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Made the first mercury thermometer

Gabriel Fahrenheit

Invented bifocals

Benjamin Franklin

Developed smallpox vaccine

Edward Jenner

First female physician

Elizabeth Blackwell

The father of microbiology. Developed culture plate method.

Robert Koch

Established sanitary nursing units, opened Nightingale school, and homes for nurses, and began the professional education for nurses.

Florence Nightingale

started the use of disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery to prevent infection.

Joseph Lister

Founded the American Red Cross

Clara Barton

proved that microorganisms can cause disease, found a way to pasteurize milk, and created a vaccine for rabies.

Louis Pasteur

A German microbiologist who developed methods to tell microorganisms apart.

Paul Ehrlich

Discovered x-rays.

Wilhelm Roentgen

Formed the basis of psychology and psychiatry.

Sigmund Freud

Discovered penicillin.

Sir Alexander Fleming

Described the structure of DNA.

Francis Crick and James Watson

Developed the polio vaccine in 1952.

Jonas Salk

Famous for separating conjoined twins.

Ben Carson