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Who is IMHOTEP
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he is known as the founder of medicne
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Who is HIPPOCRATES
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He is known as the Father of medicine. He was the first to note that some recover faster from their illness than others.
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Who is GALEN
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He advocated blood letting as a form of treatment. This treatment consisted of cutting into patients and letting them bleed. It was thought that patients may be to ill because they had to much blood. He was also the first physican to record a patients pulse.
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Who is Anton Von Leewenhoek
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he introduced the microscope in 1674
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Who is EDWARD JENNER
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he discovered the small pox vaccine
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Who is ALEXANDER WOOD
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He invented the hypodermic needle. This allowed patients to inject fluids in and out of patients
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Who is IGNAZ SEMMELWEISS
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He did an experiment that required doctors to wash their hands before treating women in childbirth. At the time physicians were not washing their hands in between patients and it was causing death.
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who is WILHEM ROENTEGEN
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he discovered x-rays while experimenting with vacuum tubes
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Who is D.D.PLAMER
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He stated a chiropractic practice when he found he could restore a mans hearing by correcting his spine
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