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15 Cards in this Set
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Hippocrates
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Father of Medicine
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Studied and recorded the anatomy of the human body
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Wlliam Harvey
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Described the circulation of the blood and the pumping of the heart.
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Gabriele Fallopius
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Discovered the Fallopian tubes of the female body through which the egg travels to the uterus.
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Bartolommeo Eustachius
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Discovered the tube leading from the ear to the throat.
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Anton von Leeuwenhoek
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Invented the microscope. Established that there is life smaller than the eye could see.
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Rene Laennec
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Invented the stethoscope.
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Joseph Priestly
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Discovered the element oxygen.
Carbonation/bubbles in sodas. Plants refresh the air. |
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Benjamin Franklin
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Discovered bi-focals.
Discovered colds are transmitted from person to person. |
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Edward Jenner
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Discovered the method of vaccination for smallpox.
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Ignaz Semmelweis
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Dicovered the cause of child bed fever (puerperal fever)
Discovered the importance of handwashing to prevent the spread of disease. |
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Louis Pasteur
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Heating milk prevented the growth of bacteria-Pasteurization.
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Joseph Lister
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First doctor recorded that used an antiseptic during surgery.
Used carbolic acid in wounds to kill germs. |
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Ernest von Bergmann
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Developed asepsis (a sterile condition, free from germs)
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Robert Koch
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Father of microbiology.
Introduced the importance of cleanliness and sanitation in the prevention of the spread of disease. |
