History of Medicine

Vesalius

he published the first detailed book on human anatomy

William Harvey

Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

discovered microorganisms with the microscope

Edward Jenner

Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796

Rene Laennec

Invented the stethoscope

Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann

Stated that all plant and animal tissues were made up of cells.

William Morton

Introduced anesthesia to relieve pain during surgery

John Snow

father of epidemiology and discovered that cholera spreads through drinking water

John Lister

describe antiseptic techniques for preventing wound infections

Louis Pasteur

described the germ theory of disease

Wilhelm Roentgen

discovered x-rays in 1895

Ronald Ross

British doctor who demonstrated that malaria could be transmitted from infected people to mosquitoes (1897)

Casimir Funk

purified the first vitamin (vitamin B)

John Gibbon

Invented first heart-lung machine

Christian Barnard

Performed first successful heart transplant in 1968

W. French Anderson

Performed the first gene therapy on a human

Aristotle

he developed the scientific method which is the basis of all western science

Galen

he summarized greek and roman medical knowledge

10 laws out of 282

how many laws in the code of hammurabi are related to medicine

Fabiola

founded one of Europe's first hospitals in Rome

quaranti giorni

precursor of the modern day quarantine

charaka and susruta

they discussed on how to diagnose disease and medicaments

Assyria

discussions of diseases and their likely

outcomes and listing of plant, animal and

mineral substances with medical uses

Hippocrates

teaches physicians to

observe carefully and use gentle

treatments