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The first physician
Imhotep
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Founder of comparative anatomy
Aristotle
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Father of medicine
Hippocrates
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Decided that there are four fluids/humors in the human body, and belived that an imbalence of these humors caused illness.
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1 Blood
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2 Phlem
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3 Black bile
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4 Yellow bile
Claudius Galen
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Distinguished smallpox, and measles in 910 AD, belived that blood causes many diseases, and used animal guts to suture wounds.
Rhazes
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Used dissection to draw the human body accurately.
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Famous artists
Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci
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Published the first book on anatomy.
Andreas Vesalius
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The father of modern surgery. Eliminated the need for cauterisation, has fracture treatments, and promoted the use of prosthetics.
Ambrose Pare
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Described the blood flow through the body
William Harvey
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Described parts of the female reproductive and auditory systems.
Gabriel Fallopius
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Invented the microscope
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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Made the first mercury thermometer
Gabriel Fahrenheit
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Invented bifocals
Benjamin Franklin
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Developed smallpox vaccine
Edward Jenner
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First female physician
Elizabeth Blackwell
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The father of microbiology. Developed culture plate method.
Robert Koch
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Established sanitary nursing units, opened Nightingale school, and homes for nurses, and began the professional education for nurses.
Florence Nightingale
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started the use of disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery to prevent infection.
Joseph Lister
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Founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
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proved that microorganisms can cause disease, found a way to pasteurize milk, and created a vaccine for rabies.
Louis Pasteur
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A German microbiologist who developed methods to tell microorganisms apart.
Paul Ehrlich
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Discovered x-rays.
Wilhelm Roentgen
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Formed the basis of psychology and psychiatry.
Sigmund Freud
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Discovered penicillin.
Sir Alexander Fleming
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Described the structure of DNA.
Francis Crick and James Watson
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Developed the polio vaccine in 1952.
Jonas Salk
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Famous for separating conjoined twins.
Ben Carson
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