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William Harvey
Will describes the circulation of blood. -
Jean-Baptiste Denis
Jean successfully transfuses blood from a lamb to a human. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Anton first observes living bacteria. -
Edward Jenner
Jenner uses cowpox to immunize against smallpox. -
Thomas Malthus
Studied the effects of over population -
Florence Nightingale
Florence became a trained nurse. -
Gregor Mendel
Gregor researched heredity and father of modern genetics. -
Louis Pasteur
In 1861, Louis invented sterilization. -
Clara Barton
Clara started creating Red Cross. -
Robert Koch
Rob proves Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax -
Joseph Lister
Joseph developed sterile surgical techniques. -
Karl Landsteiner
Karl determined three of four blood types. -
Paul Ehrlich
Paul invents Salversan, a drug for syphilis. -
Charles Darwin
Darwin co-formed a theory of evolution. -
Sir Alexander Fleming
Alex discovers antibiotic effects of penicillium mold. -
Bernard Fantus
Bernard developed the first blood bank. -
Dr. Charles Drews
Charly set up collection centers for blood to fill WWII needs -
Howard Florey
Howard isolated penicillin to create first antibiotic. -
Jonas Salk
Jonas introduced an injectable polio vaccine. -
Albert Sabin
Albert released an oral polio vaccine.
