I am 16 going on 17
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
Grab Bag
100
He identified fallopian tubes and the tympanic membrane
Who is Fallopius?
100
Average lifespan in the 18th century
What is 40-50 years?
100
A nurse during the Crimean War (1854), she raised the standard for nursing and developed a nursing school.-
Who is Florence Nightingale?
100

The disease that killed more than 21 million people in 1918

What is influenza (Spanish flu) pandemic?

100
This viral disease was identified in 1981 and affected first the homosexual community.
What is AIDS?
200
Invented the microscope in 1666
Who is Anton von Leeuwenhoek?
200
Glass-blower/physicist who invented the thermometer
Who is Gabriel Fahrenheit?
200

Discovered x-rays in 1895

Who is Wilhelm Roentgen? 

200
Discovered penicillin - 1928
Who is Alexander Fleming?
200

Vaccination that was given to to military personnel and first responders to limit the effects of a bioterrorist attack in 2002

What was the smallpox vaccine? 

300
Identified the eustachian tube
Who is Bartolomeo Eustachio?
300
Discovered the element Oxygen in 1774
Who is Joseph Priestly?
300
Founded the American Red Cross - 1881
Who is Clara Barton?
300

Discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes in 1922

Who is Frederick Banting and Charles Best? 

300

First country in the world to legalize euthanasia

What is the Netherlands? 

400
What they called places that made and sold medications
What are apothecaries?
400
Developed vaccination for smallpox - 1796
Who is Edward Jenner?
400

Invented the stethoscope in 1816

Who is Rene' Laennec?

400
He discovered dead polio virus for immunity against poliomyelitis.
Who is Jonas Salk?
400
The first 'test tube baby,' born in England in 1978
Who is Louise Brown?
500

Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart in 1628

Who is William Harvey?

500
Performed the first successful Caesarian Section in America on his wife.
Who is Dr. Jesse Bennett?
500
A doctor who discovered that washing hands between patients lowered the death rates of new mothers and babies. (DUH)
Who is Ignaz Semmelweiz?
500
They were Nobel prize winners who proposed the double helix or spiral staircase structure of the DNA molecule in 1953.
Who are Watson and Crick?
500
The person who first classified blood groups - ABO
Who is Carl Landsteiner?
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