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William Harve (1578-1657)
Described the curculation of blood to and from the heart iin 1628. -
Gabriel Farenheight (1686-1736)
Created the first mercury thermometer in 1714. -
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Invented bifocals for glasses. -
Edward Jenner (1749-1823)
Develped a vaccination for smallpox in 1796 -
Dr. William Morton (1819-1868)
American dentist began using ether as an anesthetic in 1846. -
Dr. James Simpson (1811-1870)
Began using chloroform as an anesthetic in 1847. -
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1912)
Became the first female physician in the U.S. in 1849. -
Clara Barton (1821-1912)
Founded theAmerican Red Cross in 1881. -
Robert Koch (1843-1910)
Called father of microbiology, develped the culture plate method to identify pathogens. -
Dimitri Ivanofski
Discovered Viruses. -
Sigmund Frued (1856-1939)
Sigmund Frued's studies formed the basis for psychology and psychiatry. -
Frederick Banting and Charles Best
Discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes. -
Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965)
Founded frontier nursing service to deliver health care to rural kentuckians. -
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)
Discovered penicillin. -
Gerhard Domagk (1895-1964)
Developed sulfa drugs to fight infections. -
Albert Sabin (1906-1993)
Developed an oral live-virus polio vaccine in the mid 1950's. -
Francis Crick and James Watson
Described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic information. -
Thomas Starzl
First liver transplant. -
James Hardy
First lung transplant. -
Hargobind Khorana
Synthesized a gene. -
Health maintenance organization act
Presidant Nixon was involved in establising standards for HMO's and provided an alternative to private health care. -
Louise Brown
First "test tube" baby, born in England. -
Dr. William DeVries
Inplanted the first artifical hear, the Jarvik. -
John Gurdon
First sheep to be cloned, named Dolly.
