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Claudius Amyand
FIRST SUCCESSFUL APPENDECTOMY
Claudius Amyand was born around 1680, he was a French born English surgeon that settled in London in 1685, he served with the army during the War of the Spanish Succession, and was appointed Sergeant Surgeon to George I in 1715. Claudius Amyand was the founder and first Principal surgeon to St. George's Hospital. At St. George's Hospital, on 6 December 1735, he performed the first recorded successful appendectomy. (Columbia Doctors 2015) -
James Lind
CURED SCURVY WITH CITRUS FRUITS
James Lind was born in Edinburgh in 1716. In 1731, he registered as an apprentice at the College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and in 1739 became a surgeon's mate. In 1747, while serving as surgeon on HMS Salisbury, he carried out experiments to discover the cause of scurvy and found that feeding patients citrus fruits, helped with their recovery. Scurvy was the major disease that the 18th Century sailor faced. (History of James Lind. n.d.) -
School of Medicine was founded in 1765
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine was the first and only medical school in the thirteen American colonies when, in the fall of 1765, students enrolled for "anatomical lectures" and a course on "the theory and practice of physik". The founder was a Philadelphia physician, John Morgan, who earned his medical degree at the University of Edinburgh. Benjamin Franklin founded the Pennsylvania Hospital. (University History-School of Medicine n.d.) -
Joseph Priestley
DISCOVERED OXYGEN
Joseph Priestley an Englishman by birth was involved in politics, religion and science. Priestley left England in 1794 to come to America and settled in Pennsylvania. Priestley is best known for the discovery of oxygen. In 1774 he found that "air is not an elementary substance, but a composition," or a mixture of gases. Priestley was a lifelong friend to Benjamin Franklin. (Joseph Priestley and the Discovery of Oxygen n.d.) -
Samuel Hahnemann
CREATION OF HOMEOPATHY.
Samuel Hahnemann was born in Meissen, Saxony in 1755. He was a German physician, best known for creating the system of alternative medicine, and founder of Homeopathy. Hahnemann was appalled at the practice of bloodletting. Dr. Hahnemann was quick to recognize poor hygiene as a contributory cause to the spread of disease. There were improvements in the 18th Century. Public Health and hygiene received more attention. (Dr. Samuel Christian Frederic Hahnemann M.D. n.d.) -
Edward Jenner
PIONEER OF THE SMALLPOX VACCINE
Edward Jenner was born on May 17, 1749, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. An English physician. At age 21 he went to London to study at St. George's Hospital. Edward Jenner is known for his contribution to immunology and the ultimate eradication of smallpox. Jenner's work with inoculating patients with the cowpox represented the first scientific attempt to control an infectious disease by the deliberate use of vaccination. (Stefan Riedel n.d.)
