HST people

Andreas Vesalius

Published and mass produced the first accurate and detailed anatomy textbook in 1542.

Hippocrates

A Greek doctor credited with being the first to believe disease was caused naturally, separating medicine from religion, and writing the Hippocratic Oath.

Galen

A Greek doctor and one of the greatest surgeons of the ancient world, known for performing brain and eye surgeries.

Maimonides

A Jewish philosopher and doctor of the Middle Ages who described numerous medical conditions including asthma, diabetes, hepatitis, and pneumonia.

Van Leeuwenhoek

Invented and improved the microscope during the Renaissance era.

Edward Jenner

Introduced vaccines for smallpox in 1796, notably through the practice involving milkmaids.

Florence Nightingale

Demonstrated the importance of nurses, tended to wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, and founded the first secular nursing school in 1860.

Elizabeth Blackwell

The first woman to formally study and practice medicine in the US.

Clara Barton

Cared for soldiers during the Civil War and formed the American Red Cross in 1881.

Ignaz Semmelweis

Advocated for hand washing in hospitals to reduce disease transmission.

Louis Pasteur

Known as the 'father of microbiology', he developed vaccines for rabies and anthrax and pioneered pasteurization.

Joseph Lister

Referred to as the 'father of antiseptic surgery', he promoted disinfecting instruments and hand hygiene.

Robert Koch

Discovered that some diseases are caused by pathogens.

Alexander Fleming

In 1928, he discovered penicillin, a mold that contains antibacterial properties.

Wilhelm Rontgen

Developed the x-ray at the end of the 19th century.

Wilhelm Einthoven

Developed the electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) in 1903 to monitor heart activity.

Marie and Pierre Curie

Discovered radium and developed the use of X-rays and therapeutic applications of radiation.

Frederick Banting and Charles Best

Discovered insulin in 1922 by extracting internal secretions from the pancreas.

Watson, Crick, and Wilkins

Discovered the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1953.