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14 Cards in this Set
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Christian Barnard |
First successful heart transplant |
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Marie Curie |
Isolated Radium in 1910 |
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Robert Koch |
father of microbiology; made culture plate to identify pathogens; isolated bacteria that causes tuberculosis |
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Elizabeth Blackwell |
First female physician in U.S. |
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Darthia Dix |
Appointed superintendent of Female Nurse of the Army in 1861 |
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William Harvey |
Described circulation of blood to and from the heart in 1628 |
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Rene Laennec |
Invented stethescope |
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Florence Nightingale |
Founder of modern nursing |
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Joseph Priestly |
Discovered oxygen element in 1774 |
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Anton Van Leeuwenhooek |
Invented microscope in 1666 |
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Joseph Lister |
Started using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery to prevent infection in 1865 |
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Louie Pasteur |
Pasterized milk to kill bacteria; found microorganisms cause disease; created rabies vaccine in 1885 |
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Wilhelm Roentgen |
discovered X-rays in 1895 |
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Gabriel Fahrenheit |
Created the first mercury thermometer |
