| A | B |
|---|
| Edward Jenner | vaccination for smallpox |
| Leopold Auebrugger | developed the use of percussion in diagnosis |
| Rene Laennec | developed the stethoscope |
| Ignaz van Semmelweis | known as the Savior of Mothers and "handwashing" between surgeries |
| Louis Pastuer | known as the Father of Bacteriology and Preventive Medicine |
| Joseph Lister | proved microorganisms were the cause of infection/Father of Sterile Surgery |
| Robert Koch | introduced the culture-plate method for isolation of bacteria/discovered the cause of cholera |
| Paul Ehrlich | known for "magic bullet"/formula 606 to treat syphilis |
| Crawford Williamson Long | first to employ ether as an anesthetic agent |
| Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen | discovered the x-ray |
| Hippocrates | knwn for the Hippocratic Oath/the Father of Medicine |
| Andreas Vesalius | the Father of Modern Anatomy |
| Gabriele Fallopius | described and named many parts of human anatomy-fallopian tubes named after him. |
| William Harvey | discovered the heart acts as a muscular pump and blood flows through it in a continuous cycle. |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | first to observe bacteria and protozoa through a lens |
| Marcello Malpighi | commonly regarded as the first histologist. |
| John Hunter | known as the Founder of Scientific Surgery |
| Galen | Greek physician known as the Prince of Physicians |
| Mysticism | experience of seeming to have direct contact with God or ultimate reality. |
| Putrefaction | decomposition of animal matter resulting in a foul smell. |
