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Medical Advancements
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John Hunter
1728–93, Hunter was born at Long Calderwood, he made many valuable investigations and introduced several surgical techniques, including a method of ligating aneurisms that is still in use. -
Edward Jenner
1749–1823, he was born in Berkeley, James Phipps proved that cowpox provided immunity against smallpox. -
Davy, Sir Humphry
1778–1829, Born in England, He established the elementary nature of chlorine, advanced the theory that hydrogen is characteristically present in acids -
Rene Laennec
1781–1826, He was born in Quimper, he invented the stethoscope -
Sir James Young Simpson
1811–70, Simpson was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Introduced chloroform as an anesthetic. -
Florence Nightingale
Born: 12 May 1820 Died: 13 August 1910, Florence, Italy, she organized a unit of 38 woman nurses for service in the Crimean War; by the end of the war she had become a legend. -
Louis Pasteur
1822–95, Dôle, France, He provided a teaching and research center on virulent and contagious diseases. -
Joseph Lister
1827–1912, Born in England, He brought to surgery the principle of antisepsis -
Robert Koch
1843–1910, Koch was born in Klausthal, Hanover, Germany, he devised not only a method of staining with aniline dyes but also techniques of bacteriological culture still in general use. -
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
1845–1923, Germany, He created what i now known as the x-ray.
