Medical Advancements of the Industrial Revolution

John Hunter

Feb 13, 1728

Birth Date: February 13, 1728
Death Date: October 16, 1793
Birth Country: Scotland
Invention: One of the greatest anatomists of all time and the founder of experimental pathology in England

Edward Jenner

May 17, 1749

Birth Date: May 17, 1749
Death Date: January 26, 1823
Birth Country: England
Invention: He created the vaccination for smallpox.

Humphry Davy

Dec 17, 1778

Birth Date: December 17, 1778
Death Date: May 29, 1829
Birth Country: England
Invention: Contributions to the discoveries of chlorine and iodine and he is noted for suggesting the anesthetic use of nitrous oxide in human surgery

René Laennec

Feb 17, 1781

Birth Date: February 17, 1781
Death Date: August 13, 1826
Birth Country: France
Invention: He was a French physician who invented the stethoscope(1816).

James Young Simpson

Jun 7, 1811

Birth Date: June 7, 1811
Death Date: May 6, 1870
Birth Country: Scotland
Invention: He discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform, and successfully introduced it for general medical use.

Florence Nightingale

May 12, 1820

Birth Date: May 12, 1820
Death Date: August 13, 1910
Birth Country: Italy
Invention: She improved the unsanitary conditions at a British base hospital, reducing the death count by two-thirds. She established St. Thomas’ Hospital and the Nightingale Training School for Nurses in 1860.

Louis Pasteur

Dec 27, 1822

Birth Date: December 27, 1822
Death Date: September 28, 1895
Birth Country: France
Invention: Came up with the food preparing process known as pasteurization (April 20, 1862) and developed a vaccination for anthrax and rabies (July 6, 1885)

Joseph Lister

Apr 5, 1827

Birth Date: April 5, 1827
Death Date: February 10, 1912
Birth Country: England
Invention: Founder of antiseptic medicine, which he implemented with amputee patients (1865)

Robert Koch

Dec 11, 1843

Birth Date: December 11, 1843
Death Date: May 20, 1910
Birth Country: Germany
Invention: He is considered to be the founder of modern bacteriology and is known for his role in identifying the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax.

Wilhelm Roentgen

Mar 27, 1845

Birth Date: March 27, 1845
Death Date: February 10, 1923
Birth Country: Germany
Invention: He won the Nobel Prize for discovering X-rays.

Works Cited

May 15, 1870

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