Primitive Ancient Times
Who were the first people to record health records
ancient egyptians
What was the dark plague also called?
early medieval period
Who developed the smallpox vaccine?
edward jenner
Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
alexander fleming
Who is the first neurosurgeon to successfully separate Siamese twins connected to brain:
ben carson
Who used therapies such as massage, art therapy and herbal treatment:
ancient greeks
Who is the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery?
joseph lister
Who invented the stethoscope?
rene' laennec
Who began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria and known as the Father of Microbiology:
louis pasteur
Who described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic information?
francis crick & james watson
Who is known as the "Father of Medicine"
Hippocrates
What disease killed 75% of the population in Europe and Asia?
Who discovered x-rays in 1895?
william roentgen
Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?
clara burton
Who has hemispherectomy refined, a surgery on the brain to stop seizures?
ben carson
What does trepanation mean?
surgical procedure of creating a hole in the skull
Who invented bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person:
benjamin franklin
Who was the founder of modern nursing?
florence nightingale
Who was the first female physician in the US in 1849?
elizabeth blackwell
Who developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens?
robert koch
What did Ancient Romans build to improve sanitation and reduce disease?
aqueducts, sewers, and public baths
Who performed the first successful heart transplant in 1968?
dr. christiaan barnard
Who invented the microscope in 1666?
anton van leeuwenhoek
Who established the principles of heredity and dominant/recessive genes?
gregor mendel
Who discovered the conscious and unconscious part of the mind and studies were the basis for psychology and psychiatry?
sigmund freud