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Jan 1, 1490
Leonardo Da Vinci
Artist who used disection to draw the human body. -
Invention of the microscope
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek invented it -
William Harvey
Discovered the circulation of blood pumping through the heart -
Gabriel Farenheit
Invented first mercury thermometer -
Revolutionary War
1775 to 1783 was the war of independence -
vaccine for smallpox
Vaccine developed by Edward Jenner -
Civil War
Fought from 1861 to 1865 -
Florence Nightengale
Founder of modern nursing -
Benjamin Franklin
Invented bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person -
Ignas Semmelweiss
Identified the cause of maternal infections and institued hand washing -
Elizabeth Blackwell
Became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S.to pursue nursing -
Louis Pasteur
Rabies vaccine proved that microorganisms caused disease and discovered that heating milk prevented the groth of bacteria and it was called pasteurizing. -
Dorthea Dix
Created the first generation of mental asylums and served as a nurse for the army in the civil war. -
Robert Koch
"Father of microbiology" discovered many disease-casing organisms like turburculosis and cholera. -
First doctor to use antiseptic
Joseph Lister was the first to use antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection -
Founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton was the founder of the American Red Cross -
Discovered X-rays
William Roentegen -
Studied Effects of unconcious mind on the body
Sigmund Freud made these discoveries and researched them -
Marie Curie
Isolated Radium -
Mary Edwards Walkers
Surgeon for the U.S. Army -
Jonas Salk
Developed the polio vaccine -
Oral Polio vaccine
Vaccine discovered by Albert Sabin that was more effective than Salk's vaccine for polio -
Tissue Cloning
making the identical copy of an original -
Christian Bernard
Performed the worlds first heart transplant surgery.
