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| Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC) | Greek physician known as the "Father of Medicine". Authored Hippocratic Oath |
| Hippocratic Oath | Code of conduct for physicians and authored by Hippocrates |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) | invented the microscope lens. Observed bacteria that caused tooth decay by scraping his teeth |
| Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) | invented bifocals and discovered that colds could be passed person to person |
| Edward Jenner (1749-1823) | Developed vaccination for smallpox in 1796 |
| Rene Laennec (1781-1826) | invented the 1st stethoscope in 1819 |
| Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) | 1st female physician in the US (1849) |
| Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) | Founder of Modern Nursing. A nurse during the Crimean War in 1854 |
| Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) | "Father of Microbiology". Discovered Germ Theory. Created a vaccine for Rabies. Discovered pasteurization |
| Germ Theory | microorganisms cause disease |
| Pasteurization | Heat can be used to destroy germs |
| Joseph Lister (1827-1912) | Used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs. 1st physician to use antiseptic during surgery |
| Clara Barton (1821-1912) | volunteer nurse during the Civil War. Formed the American Red Cross in 1881 |
| Robert Koch (1843-1910) | Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens. Discovered the bacteria that caused TB |
| Pathogen | a disease causing organism |
| Wilhelm Roentgen (1845-1923) | Discovered xrays |
| Sigmund Freud (1836-1939) | Discovered the conscious and unconscious part of the mind |
| Sir Alexander Flemming (1881-1955) | Discovered Penicilllin in 1928 |
| Jonas Salk (1914-1995) and Albert Sabin (1906-1993) | Discovered polio vaccine |
| Francis Crick (1916-2004) and James Watson (b.1928) | Described the structure of DNA |
| Christian Barnard (1922-2001) | Performed 1st successful heart transplant in 1968 |
| Benjamin Carson (b. 1951) | Famous for his surgeries to separate conjoined twins |
