Antient Times
During primitive times diseases were caused by what?
Evil spirits and demons
What pandemic caused the death of 3/4 population of Europe & Asia?
The bubonic plague
Who was the first to describe the circulation of blood to and from the heart?
William Harvey
The stethoscope was invented by?
Rene Laennec
This person isolated radium and was convinced altering radiation could fight cancer?
Marie Curie
Who were the first people to record health records?
The Egyptians
What Arab physician used animal gut for suture material and described smallpox?
Rhazes (al-Razi)
Who invented the microscope?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
What doctor encouraged physicians to wash their hands after performing autopsies before delivering babies?
Ignaz Semmelweis
Who discovered four different blood types?
Karl Landsteiner
Acupuncture and massage were methods used by what culture?
The Chinese
What period was known as the rebirth of medicine?
The Renaissance
Who invented bifocals for glasses?
Benjamin Franklin
Who was the first female physician in the United States?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Who is considered the father of psychanalysis?
Sigmund Freud
Who is considered the Father of Medicine?
Hippocrates
Who published the first anatomy book?
Andreas Vesalius
Who discovered vitamin C was the treatment for scurvy?
James Lind
She was considered the founder of modern nursing.
Florence Nightingale
They were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery of the molecular structure of DNA.
Crick & Watson
Who built sewers to carry waste away from the city?
The Ancient Romans
Famous artist performed autopsies to draw & sculpt images of the human body
Michelangelo
Developed the vaccination for smallpox?
Edward Jenner
Who discovered heating wine killed bacteria?
Louis Pasteur
This person developed the polio vaccine.
Jonas Salk
What type of tree bark was used to treat headaches?
Willowbark
What treatment for diseases was practiced during the Dark Ages?
Monks prayed to save the patients souls
Father of Microbiology, developed the culture plate (petri dish)
Robert Koch
He discovered the X-ray
Wilhelm Roentgen
Her cells continue to grow in labs, have been used in developing many vaccines.
Henrietta Lacks