| A | B |
| Isolated radium in 1910 | Marie Curie |
| Established the patterns of heredity | Gregory Mendel |
| Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796 | Edward Jenner |
| Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart | William Harvey |
| Began public health and sanitation systems | Romans |
| Discovered X-rays in 1895 | William Roentgen |
| The father of medicine | Hippocrates |
| Discovered penicillin in 1928 | Sir Alexander Fleming |
| Artist who used dissection to draw the human body | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine | Dark Ages |
| Founded the American Red Cross in 1881 | Clara Barton |
| Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records | Egyptians |
| Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria | Louis Pasteur |
| Used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion | Chinese |
| Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens | Robert Koch |
| Founder of modern nursing | Florence Nightengale |
| Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery | Joseph Lister |
| Created the first mercury thermometer | Gabriel Fahrenheit |
| Developed the polio vaccine in 1952 | Jonas Salk |
| An Arab physician who began the use of animal gut | Rhazes |