PHS History of medicine

Joseph Lister

Used antiseptics

Rene Laennec

Discovered stethoscope

Robert Koch

Discovered the disease causing organisms and the culture plate method

Hippocrates 

The father of medicine 

Edward Jenner

Vaccination of smallpox

Paul Ehrlich

Discovered ways to use chemicals to treat disease, such as syphilis

Christian Barnard

First successful heart transplant

Romans

Ancient culture that sent physicians with their armies to care for wounded soldiers

Romans 

Ancient culture that developed sanitation systems and brought clean water into their cities 

Romans

Ancient culture that had physicians pain for by the government

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Developed microscope and was able to observe microorganisms

Chinese

Developed acupuncture

Florence nightingale

Mother of modern nursing

Francis Crick and James Watson

Discovered the molecular structure of DNA

Louis Pasteur 

Found that heating food for a certain time will kill microorganisms 

Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin

Developed polio vaccine

Greeks

Ancient culture that studied medicine and kept records of their findings 

Clara Barton

Founder of American red cross

Leonardo da Vinci

Dissected bodies to draw pictures of human anatomy 

Egyptians

Ancient culture that kept accurate health records 

Sir Alexander Fleming

Discovered penicillin

Ignaz Semmelweis

Importance of hand washing

William Harvey

Described blood flow through the body

Wilhelm Roentgen

Discovered x rays