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Greek philosopher and physiologist; first person recorded to have practiced dissection of human bodies and distinguished veins from arteries.
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Greek physician, who wrote many exams and treatments of patients and had a strict code to maintain patient privacy and to never deliberately harm them. The Hippocratic Oath is named after him.
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Alexandrian physician; Studied the nervous system. Often called the father of anatomy.
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Greek physician and pharmacologist; Wrote "De materia medica"
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Roman physician of Greek origin; physician to Gladiators. His writing was used to train physicians for centuries.
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Female Greek physician; wrote book titled, "The Diseases and Cures of Women"
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Persian physician; Documented differences between smallpox and measles.
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Persian philosopher and scientists; Famous works, "The Book of Healing" and "The Canon of Medicine"
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English philosopher; Invented the magnifying glass.
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Dissected bodies than drew what he saw.
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Wrote, " De humani corporis fabrica libri septem (“The Seven Books on the Structure of the Human Body”) commonly known as the Fabrica.
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He invents the microscope
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Wrote, "Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus" (Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals).
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Experiments with canine blood transfusions
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The first person to describe and draw red blood cells after studying them under a microscope
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First to attempt to prevent disease through inoculation by injecting children with smallpox
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Decides to test his idea that the putrefaction of the body caused by the disease could be prevented with acids; orange and lemons.
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Introduces vaccination against smallpox
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Invents stethospcope.
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Performed first successful tranfucion of human blood.
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German Hungarian physician; discovers how to prevent the transmission of puerperal fever.
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French biologist, microbiologist and chemist; Identified germs as clause of disease
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First vaccine developed for cholera.
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Introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups.
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French bacteriologists; Developed first vaccine developed for tuberculosis
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Scientist created the first immortal human cell line with a tissue sample taken from Henrietta Lacks who had cervical cancer. Her cells were important in developing the polio vaccine.
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Mexican chemist; Co-discovered the synthetic compound norethindrone, which formed the chemical basis of the first oral contraceptive, or birth control pill.
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Invented CAT-Scans.
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HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is identified
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Drug used in girls and young women ages 9 through 26 to prevent cervical/vaginal/anal cancers caused by certain types of HPV.
Also used in boys and young men ages 9 through 26 to prevent anal cancer or genital warts caused by certain types of HPV.
