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From: Long Calderwood, Scotland
Contribution: A surgeon who made many discoveries in surgery and medicine
Died: October 16, 1793 -
From: Berkely, Gloucestershire
Contribution: Pioneer of smallpox vaccine
Died: January 26, 1823 -
From: Penzance, England
Contribution: Discovered alkali and alkaline earth metals
Died: May 29, 1829 http://www.biography.com/people/humphry-davy-9268399 -
From: Quimper, France
Contribution: Invented the Stethoscope
Died: August 13, 1826 -
From: Bathgate, West Lothian
Contribution: Discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform and successfully introduced it for general medical use.
Died: May 6, 1870 -
From: Florence, Tuscany
Contribution: Founder of modern nursing
Died: August 13, 1910 -
From: Dole, France
Contribution: French chemist and microbiologist
Died: September 28, 1895 http://www.biography.com/people/louis-pasteur-943440 -
From: Upton, England
Contribution: Founded antiseptic medicine
Died: February 10, 1912 http://www.biography.com/people/joseph-lister-37032 -
From: Clausthal, Kingdom of Hanover
Contribution: Founder of modern bacteriology
Died: May 27, 1910 -
From: Rhine Province, Germany
Contribution: Created X-Rays
Died: February 10, 1923
