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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
In the 1600's Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch scientist, contributed a lot to microbiology because of his early studies bacteria. Because of what he did he's known as the father of microbiology. -
Edward Jenner
In the 1700's Eward Jenner discovered the vaccine for smallpox. The worlds first vaccine, which was a major milestone and saved a lot of lives.back then smallpox was deadly, but now because of the vaccine many lives have been saved. -
Joseph Lister
In the 1800's Joseph Lister, a British surgeon, promoted the use of antiseptic in surgery. Antiseptics killed bacteria, lessening the risk of people dying or getting sick because of surgery. -
William T.G. Morton
In the 1800's William T.G. Morton was a dentist that discovered anesthetic. He publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as anesthetic. This discorvery signifagently lessened the pain of surgery. -
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
In the 1890's Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, a German mechanical engineer and physicist, discovered X-rays.This is a milestone in midecince, cause now there was a way to look inside a human bocy without having to cut it open. or examine on dead bodys. -
Dmitri Ivanovsky
In the 1900's Dmitri Ivanovsky, a Russian botanist, was one of the founders of virology. He studies on Tobacco mosaic virus, helped him discover how viruses work. -
Karl Landsteiner
In the 1900's Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian biologist and physician and immunologist, discovered the main blood types. This is a huge milestone, before the discovery many were dying because they were getting the wrong blood type and no one at the time knew why. -
Alexander Fleming
In the 1920's Alexander Fleming, a Scottish physician, biologist, pharmacologist and botanist, discovered penicillin. Penicillin or Antibiotics, helped kill and get rid of most bacteria based diease/sickness. -
Jonas Salk
In the 1900's Jonas Salk, an American medical researcher and virologist, he discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. This was a milestone because it would help cure and prevent people from getting polio, which can be fatal in some cases. -
Wilson Greatbatch
In the 1900's Wilson Greatbatch, an American engineer and pioneering inventor, invented the pacemaker. Which helps the regulate the heart when its beating to slow.
