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Galen (129-200 AD)
Galen was a physician and surgeon in Greece. His theories regarding medicine dominated the western world for 1300 years. He was considered the greatest physician of ancient Rome, and made many contributions to early studies of anatomy with his reports on the disection of monkeys. -
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Rhazes (865 AD to 925 AD)
Rhazes was an Iranian physician who was famous for his work with the kidneys and urinary tract. He advanced knowledge of diagnoses and function of the kidneys. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Barber Surgeons
During the middle ages, physicians in Europe rarely performed surgery, and people would go to barbers. They would cut hair, as well as pull teeth, blood let, and many other things. -
Robert Hooke
In 1665 Hooke published "Micrographia", a book on the first observations of cells through a microscope. He coined the term "Cell" and gave much insight into microorganisms. -
Edward Jenner
Jenner created the first vaccine, discovering that cowpox would immunize people against the highly fatal varient, Smallpox. -
John Snow
John Snow Discovered that a cholera outbreak was being spread by a fecal contaminated water pump. This was a big discovery because everyone at the time believed that disease was spread by "bad air" rather than water. It led to better sanitation of drinking water everywhere. It is known as the Soho cholera outbreak of August 31, 1854 -
Louis Pasteur
Pasteur was a microbiologist famous for his principle discoveries in microbial fermentation, vaccination, and pastueurization. He created the first vaccines for anthrax and rabies. His most famous discovery was that heating milk to a specific temperature for a set period of time would kill harmful bacteria in the dairy. This is know. as Pasteurization. -
Joseph Lister
Lister was a surgeon at Glasgow, who was among the first to start sterilizing his surgical instruments and cleaning wounds with antiseptics. This led to a much higher survival rate of surgery and he is known as the father of modern surgery. -
Robert Koch
Koch was a Dr./microbiologist who discovered that diseases such as Anthrax, Cholera, and TB were caused by bacteria. in 1882 he formally published his findings on TB. -
Marie Curie (Nobel Prize)
Curie was a physicist and chemist who pioneered much of the research in radioactivity. This led to much further development of X rays. In 1903, she and her husband won the Nobel prize for physics for their work. -
Alexander Fleming.
Alexander Fleming was a Pharmacologist among other sciences that made the revolutionary discovery of Penicillin antibiotics in 1928 which have saved millions of lives. -
Tommy Douglas
Tommy Douglas is a famous Canadian politician who introduced North America's first universal healthcare program (in Saskatchewan)