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John Hunter
was a Scottish surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons -
Edward Jenner
was an English physician and scientist from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine. -
Rene Laennecc
was a French physician. He invented the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the Hôpital Necker and pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions -
Humphry Davy
was an English chemist and inventor. He is probably best remembered today for his discoveries of several alkali and alkaline earth metals, as well as contributions to the discoveries of the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. -
James Young Simpson
was a Scottish and an important figure in the history of medicine. Simpson discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform and successfully introduced it for general medical use. -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist who was one of the most important founders of medical microbiology. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. -
Robert Koch
considered to be the founder of modern bacteriology, is known for his role in identifying the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax -
Florence Nightingale
was a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. -
Joseph Lister
was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery -
Wilhelm Röntgen
was a German physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays -
work citie
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/jenner_edward.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/nightingale_florence.shtml I when to this site for most of them.