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20 Cards in this Set
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Hippocrates |
Introduced the terms "epidemic" and "endemic" |
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Thomas Sydenham |
Advanced useful treatments and remedies including fresh air, exercise, and a healthy diet which other physicians rejected at the time |
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James Lind |
Through an experimental study showed that lemons and oranges were protective against scurvy |
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Benjamin Jesty |
Observed that milkmaids did not get smallpox, but did get cowpox. |
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Edward Jenner |
Invented the vaccine for smallpox |
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Ignas Semmelweis |
Discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever could be drastically cut by the use of hand washing standards in obstetrical clinics. |
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John Snow |
Identified various modes of transmission and incubation times for cholera |
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Lois Pasteur |
Developed a vaccine for anthrax |
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Robert Koch |
Used photography to take the first pictures of microbes in order to show to the world that microorganisms in fact exist and that they cause disease |
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John Graunt |
Credited for producing the first life table |
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William Farr |
Promoted the idea that some diseases, especially chronic diseases, can have a multifactory etiology |
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Bernardino Ramazzini |
Observed in the 17th century that certain jobs carried a high risk for disease |
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Doll and Hill |
Conducted the first cohort study investigating the association between smoking and lung cancer |
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Florence Nightingale |
A nurse who used data as a tool for improving city and military hospitals |
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Janet Lane-Claypon |
Pioneered the use of cohort and case-controlled studies to identify risk factors for breast cancer |
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Alice Hamilton |
A pioneer in the field of toxicology |
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Wade Hampton Frost |
The Father of Modern Epidemiology |
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Olli S. Miettinen |
A statistician who was a pioneer in developing the theory of epidemiologic study design and causal inference |
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Hippocrates |
Known as the Father of Medicine |
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John Snow |
Father of Epidemiology |
