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100
Egyptians
Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records. -
100
Chinese
used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion -
Jan 1, 1001
Romans
Began public halth and sanitation systems in the B.C.E -
Jan 1, 1200
Leonardo da Vinci
Artist who used dissection ot draw the human body during the Renaissance time period -
William Harvey
Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
invented the microscope -
Gabriel Fahrenheit
Created the first mercury thermometer -
Benjamin Franklin
invented bifocals for glasses -
Edward Jenner
Developed a vaccine for smallpox -
Robert Koch
father of microbiology -
Florence Nightingale
founder of modern nursing -
Louis Pasteur
Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria -
Gregory mendel
Estalished the patterns of heredity by using pea's -
Clara Barton
Founded the American Red Cross -
Robert Koch
Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens -
Rhazes
An Arabian physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material -
Dimitri Ivanofski
discovered viruses -
Wilhelm Roentgen
discovered X-rays -
Almroth Wright
developed a vaccine for typhoid fever -
Marie Curie
Successfully isolate radioactive radium salts from the mineral -
Sir Alexander Fleming
Discovered penicillin -
Elizabeth Blackwell
first MD in the US (6 years of studying) -
Jonas Salk
Developed the polio vaccine -
John Hunter
introduced the tube feeding -
Firts Kidney and dialysis machine
1st kidney and dialysis machine was developed, this would help a lot of people who have kidney disease.
