Important People
Created the Mona Lisa and the last supper and drew human organs, body systems, and human bodies on his painting.
Leonardo da Vinci
Includes: First ever kidney transplants, first heart transplants, lung transplants, and the seperation of conjoined twins.
20th Century
Created the stethoscope using a rolled up piece of paper; evolved into a wooden tube.
Rene Laennec
Developed ethnics for practicing medicine or "Father of Modern Medicine"
Hippocrates
Includes: Vaccines, Federalized regulations, and approval of medications.
21st Century
Discovered the polio vaccine
Jonas Slak
Improved sanitation in military hospitals, founded the first nursing college and the founder of modern nursing.
Florence Nightingale
Includes: The invention of a mercury thermometer, discovery of the element "Oxygen", Introduced the first feeding tube, and the invention of of bifocals of glasses.
18th Century
Developed and used humane treatment for mental illness.
Dr. Philipe Pinel
The first person to propose a "blood transfusion" and responsible for the practice of letting the air out of syringes before injections
James Blundell
Includes: Methods of sanitation and disinfection, importance of handwashing, the invention of the stethoscope, and the foundation of the American Red Cross.
19th Century
Discovered insulin and used it to treat diabetes.
Fredrick Banting and Charles Best
One of the most skilled and accomplished neuro-surgeons today, director of pediatric Neurosurgery, and ran for president in 2016.
Dr. Benjamin Carson
Includes: The invention of the microscope, the finding of fallopian tubes in the female, improvement of fractured bones and artificial limbs, and methods of controlled bleeding
16th/17th Century
Invented the X-ray and won a Nobel prize for Science in 1901.
Wilhem Conrad Roentgen