Pharmacy Tech - History Of Pharmacy And Medicine (Important People)

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Aristotle

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Greek scientist, philosopher

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Asclepius

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Greek god of healing and medicine

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Bacon, Roger

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English scientist responsible for scientific methods

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Crick, Francis

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Co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix

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Domagk, Gerhard

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Developed sulfonamides (Chemical group) and synthetic antibiotics

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Fleming, Alexander

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Discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic

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Galen, Claudius

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Greek physician

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Hippocrates

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Greek phyisician and philosopher, considered to be the father of medicine

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Mendel, Gregor

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Scientist and Monk, known as the father of genetics

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Nightingale, Florence

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Nurse who was responsible for improving the unsanitary conditions at a British base hospital during the Crimean War, reducing the death count

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Paracelsus

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Swiss physician, philosopher, and scientist

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Pasteur, Louis

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French scientist, discovered several vaccines and invented pasteurization (cleansing food)

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Watson, James

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Co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix

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William Harvey (1628)

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Writes first book on blood circulation through the heart

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James Lind (1747)

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Discovers that citrus fruits prevent scurvy

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Rene Laennec (1816)

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Invents stethoscope

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James Blundell (1818)

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Performs first blood transfusion

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Crawford W. Long (1842)

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Uses ether as a general anaesthetic

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Joseph Lister (1867)

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Publishes Anesthetic Principle of the Practice of Surgery

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Louis Pateur (1870s)

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Establishes germ theory of disease

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Wilhelm Roentgen (1895)

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Discovers x-rays

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Ronald Ross (1897)

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Demonstrates that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes

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Felix Hoffman (1899)

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Develops aspirin

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Karl Landsteiner (1901)

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First describes ABO, B, AB, and O blood groups

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Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1906)

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Suggests existence of vitamins and concludes they are essential to health

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Dr. Paul Dudley White (1913)

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One of the first cardiologists; pioneers use of electrocardiograph

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Edward Mellanby 1st (1921) 2nd (1922)

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1st Discovers that lack of vitamin D causes rickets

2nd First uses insulin to treat diabetes

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Sir Alexander Fleming (1928)

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Discovers Penicillin*

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It was not isolated and used as an antibiotic until 1938

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Gerhard Domagk (1932)

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Discovers sulfonamides

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Dr. John H. Ribbon, Jr. (1935)

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Successfully uses heart-lung machine (on cat) to continue circulating blood while patient was in surgery

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Selman A. Waksman (1943)

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Discovers streptomycin

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Paul Zoll (1952)

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Develops first cardiac pacemaker

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James Watson, Francis Crick (1953)

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Describe double-helical structure of DNA

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Dr. Joseph E. Murray (1954)

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Performs first kidney transplant

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Dr. Luc Montagnier,

Dr. Anthony Galo (1983)

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Discover the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immuno deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

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James Thomson (2007)

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Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells; study was performed in laboratory at University of Wisconsin

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Laurent Lantieri (2008)

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Performed the first full face transplant

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Deborah Persaud (2013)

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First baby cured of HIV in the United States

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Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (2013)

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Produced first kidney grown in vitro in the United States