Medical Advancements in the Industrial Revolution

  • John Hunter

    John Hunter

    Died Oct. 16, 1793
    From Britain
    founder of pathological anatomy
    early advocate of investigation and experimentation
  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    Died Jan. 26, 1823
    From England
    discovered a vaccine for smallpox
  • Humphry Davy

    Humphry Davy

    Died May 29, 1829
    From England
    discovered several chemical elements and compounds
    invented miner’s safety lamp
  • Rene Laennec

    Rene Laennec

    Died Aug. 13, 1826
    From France
    invented the stethoscope
    perfected the art of auditory examination of the chest cavity
  • James Simpson

    James Simpson

    Died May 6, 1870
    From Scotland
    first to use chloroform in obstetrics
  • Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale

    Died Aug. 13, 1910
    From England
    first woman awarded the Order of Merit

    worked to formalize nursing education
    founded modern nursing
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    Died Sept. 28, 1895
    From France
    medical microbiology
    discovered that microorganisms cause fermentation and disease
    originated the process of pasteurization
    developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax
  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister

    Died 1912
    From Britain
    founder of antiseptic medicine and a pioneer in preventive medicine
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch

    Died May 27, 1910
    From Germany
    founder of bacteriology
    discovered the anthrax disease cycle
    discovered the bacteria responsible for TB and cholera
    Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine
  • Wilhelm Roentgen

    Wilhelm Roentgen

    Died Febuary 10, 1923
    From Germany
    discovered x-rays
    first nobel prize in physics