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MEDICINE: Who's Who?

Can you learn all the key people and their discoveries or importance in medicine through time?

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HippocratesThe Four Humours. Natural causes & cures. Observation & recording of symptoms
GalenDeveloped the 4 Humours. Worked on knowledge of anatomy
PareDigestive mixture & the ligature method
VesliusImproved knowledge of anatomy with his book The Fabric of the Human Body
HarveyBlood circulation
JennerSmallpox vaccination
SimpsonAnaesthetics
PasteurGerm Theory & vaccinations
ListerAntiseptics
KochIdentified bacteria with dyes to form vaccinations
ChadwickPressurised the Government to improve public health with his 1842 Report
SnowLinked the cause of cholera to dirty water supplies
NightingaleImproved the quality of nurses training & respect for the profession
Garret AndersonFirst qualified female doctor
RoentgenX-Rays
FlemingDiscovered penicillin
Florey & teamMass produced penicillin
BehringUsed animals anti-toxins to cure human diseases like diptheria
EhrlichSalvarson 606 - the first magic bullet to cure diseases
DomagkProntosil - the 2nd magic bullet which cured blood poisoning
BeveridgeProposed a National Health Service
BevanPersuaded doctors and the Government to introduce the National Health Service


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