Medtech unit 1

Marie Curie

Isolated radium in 1910

Gregory Mendel

Established patterns of hereditary

Edward Jenner

Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796

William Harvey

Described the circulation of blood to and from heart

Romans

Began public health and sanitation systems

William Roentgen

Discovered x rays in 1895

Hippocrates

The father of medicine

Sir Alexander Fleming

Discovered Penicillin in 1928

Leonardi Da Vinci

Artist who used dissection to draw human body

Dark ages

Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited

Clara Barton

Founded american red cross in 1881

Egyptians

Earliest people to maintain accurate health records

Louis Pasteur

Began Pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria

Chinese

Used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion

Robert Koch

Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens

Florence Nightengale

Founder of modern nursing

Joseph Lister

began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery

Gabriel Fahrenheit

Created the first mercury thermometer

Jonas Salk

Developed Polio Vaccine in 1952

Rhazes

Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material