Anaphy Historical Figures

Herophilus of Alexandria

first to dissect on a human body

Aristotle

emphasises relationship on function and structure

Claudius Galenus

father of experimental physiology, prince of physicians, up and down chest compression

Vesalius

the arteries cannot only be found on the brain but also the veins

Pelops

Idea of living anatomy, human body is a work of art

Jean Fernel

Introduces the term physiology in 1521

Leonardo de vincci

World-renowned scientist

Matthias schleiden and Theodor schwann

Cell theory

Claude Bernard:

homeostasis, milieu interieur, cell theory

Walter Cannon

fight or flight response (nervous system)

Knut Schmidt-Nielsen

comparative psychology

Andreas Vesalius

who wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem, which is considered one of the most influential books on human anatomy and physiology, and the founder of modern human anatomy

William Harvey

Blood Circulation

Karl Landsteiner

Blood Transfusion

Alexander S. Wieneri

Introduces rhesus factor blood transfusion without endangering life

William Thomas Green Morton

first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic

Horace Well

dentistry Anastasia, laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Crawford Williamson long

Diethyl ether

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen-

x-ray

Ignaz Philip Semmelweis-

Antiseptic procedure( Chlorinated lime solution), father of hand washing

Joseph Lister

Phenol (Carbonic Acid), Antisceptic for open wounds

Louise Pasteur

Father of pasturation, First vaccine for rabies and anthrax,

Edward Jenner

First Vaccine

Jonas Stalk

Injection for polio vaccination

Albert Sabin

Oral polio vaccine

Dr. Christiaan Eijkman

discovered beri-beri( caused by poor diet, deficient of thiamine)

Sir Frederick Hopkins

discovered vitamins, amino acids and tryptophan

Alexander Fleming

penicillin and antibiotics

Gerhard Dogmak

created the first commercially available antibiotic prontosil (sulfamidochrysoidine)

Sir Frederick Grant Banting /Dr. Charles Herbert Best

isolated the hormone insulin from the pancreas

Harold Varmus/ J. Michael Bishop-

retroviral oncogenes

Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

discovered HIV

Harald zur Hausen

discovered HPV

Robert Charles Gallo 

co discovered HIV and discovered blood testing for HIV