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23 Cards in this Set
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Hippocrates
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developed an organized method to observe the human body, recorded signs and symptoms
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Michelangelo/ Leonardo da Vinci
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used dissection to draw the human body
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Dorthea Dix
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Superintendent of Female Nurses of the Army
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Fredrick Banting
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used insulin to treat diabetes
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Aristotle
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founder of comparative anatomy
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Benjamin Franklin
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created bifocals
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Edward Jenner
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developed a vaccine for smallpox
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Clara Barton
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founded the American Red Cross
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Florence Nightingale
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established efficient and sanitary nursing, began the professional education of nurses
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Sigmund Freud
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studies formed the basis for psychology and psychiatry
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Sir Alexander Fleming
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discovered penicillin
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Jonas Salk
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developed polio vaccine
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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first female physician
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Marie Curie
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isolated radium
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Gabriel Fahrenheit
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created the first mercury thermometer
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William Harvey
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described the circulation of blood to and from the heart
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Robert Koch
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developed the cultural plate method
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Rene Laennec
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invented the stethoscope
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Joseph Lister
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started using disinfectant and antiseptic during surgery
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Louis Pasteur
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proved microorganisms cause disease, created rabies vaccine
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Joseph Priestley
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discovered the element oxygen
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Wilhelm Roentgen
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discovered x-rays
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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invented the microscope
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