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384 BCE
Aristotle
Aristotle contributed to many aspects of human knowledge, he composed about 200 works but only 31 survived. His works contributed to logic, mathematics, metaphysics, physics, biology, botany, ethnics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance, and theater. Aristotle's work were the building blocks of many topics that were later disproved by other scientists, but in medicine he doctored the hot, cold, wet, and dry qualities. -
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek was best known for developing and improving the microscope. With his development of the microscope, he used that to be the first to observe single-celled organisms. He made many observations in Microbiology so he is known as the Father of Microbiology. -
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolous Linnaeus is known as the Father of Taxonomy, because he composed a system that ranked, named, and classified organisms. The Linnaean System he came up with is still used today. -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner is known for his discovery of the smallpox vaccination in 1796. He took a small sample of fluid from a cowpox blister and scratched into the skin of a 8 year old patient and it turned out to be a success. -
John Snow
John snow is known as the Father of Modern Epidemiology because he examined the cholera outbreak in London by examining the sick patients and discovering how it spread. He also was a leader in the adoption of Anesthesia and medical hygiene. -
Florence Nightingale
Nightingale helped changed the way hospitals nursed patients and was a key figure in introducing new professional training standards. She also invented the Polar Area Chart. -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur was one of most important founders of medical microbiology because discovered that microorganisms cause fermentation and disease. He also developed -
Joseph Lister
Lister is considered to be the Father of Modern Surgery because without him we would still be amputating broken limbs or even dying from their infections! He introduced the use of sterilized catgut for internal stitches, which dissolved subsequently. He found a way to disinfect wounds with carbolic acid, he washed his hands with it and even sprayed the room with it. -
Robert Koch
Robert Koch is important to the medical field because he furthered the work of Louis Pasteur. He identified the germs that caused various diseases like anthrax, TB and other blood infected diseases. He composed a method to prove which germ caused an infection. -
Hans Ernst August Buchner
Buchner was a pioneer in immunology, he was the first to discover a substance in blood serum that could kill bacteria. He also introduced the pyrogallic method for cultivation in anaerobic bacteria.
