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Jan 1, 1568
Ulisse Aldrovandi
1568: Created the University’s Botanical Gardens in Europe -
William Harvey
1628: Published his findings about blood circulation. -
Carolus Linnaeus
1732: Made an expiditon to Lapland and made an inventory of the plants and the Lapps. -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
1778: Published the Flore Francois which was a three volume set of books on the plant life of France. -
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Edward Jenner
1796-1798: Performed experiments by putting cowpox in open wounds to make children immune to smallpox. -
Charles Darwin
1836: Proposed that evolution occurs through natural selection. -
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John Xantus
1859-1861: Led an exploration of Baja, discovering many new species of plants and animals. -
Florence Nightengale
1860: Her nursing theory was published. -
Joseph Lister
1865: Used Carbolic Acid to clean cuts and wounds -
Gregor Mendel
1866: Published his ideas about genetics. -
Robert Koch
1878: Published his methods of photographing, fixing and staining bacteria -
Clara Barton
1881: Founded the American Red Cross. -
Louis Pasteur
July 6, 1885: Vaccinated Joseph Meister for rabies, vaccine was successful. -
Sir Alexander Fleming
1921: Discovered lysosomes -
Raymond Dart
1924: Discovered the Taung Child -
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Dr. Charles Drew
1940-1945: Set up and distributed blood plasma to soldiers in WWII -
Jonas Salk
1955: Had his vaccine for polio deemed safe and effective. -
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Albert Sabin
1962-1964: His oral polio vaccine was given to 100 million people in the U.S. -
Paul Ehrlich
April 1967: Gave a Speech about the topic of overpopulation. -
Thomas Mathus
1972: Published a pamphlet about overpopulation.
