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Who is known as the father of medicine and established a code of ethics in medicine?
Hippocrates
Who created the first mercury thermometer in 1714?
Gabriel Fahrenheit
Who invented the stethoscope in 1816 and is known as the Father of Pulmonary Diseases?
Rene Laennec
Who started using disinfectants during surgery in 1865?
Joseph Lister
Who invented the X-ray?
Wilhelm Roentgen
Who published the first anatomy book?
Andreas Vesalius
Who discovered the element oxygen in 1774?
Joseph Priestley
Who began humane treatment for mental illnesses?
Dr. Philippe Pinel
Who was the first female physician in Britain?
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
Sir Alexander Fleming
Who was the first person to describe the circulation of blood to and from the heart?
William Harvey
Who performed the first successful cesarean section in 1794?
Dr. Jessee Bennet
Who began using chloroform as an anesthetic in 1847?
Dr. James Simpson
Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?
Clara Barton
Who proved that mosquitoes can carry yellow fever in 1900?
Walter Reed
Who invented the microscope?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Who developed the small pox vaccine in 1796?
Edward Jenner
Who was the first female physician in the US and started the first women's medical college in New York?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Who developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens?
Robert Koch
Who classified ABO blood groups in 1901?
Carl Landsteiner
Who was the first person to identify the Fallopian tubes in females?
Gabriel Fallopius
Who performed the first successful blood transfusion in humans in 1818?
James Blundwell
Who is known as the "Mother of Modern Nursing"?
Florence Nightingale
Who discovered viruses in 1892?
Dimitri Ivanofski
Who identified how white blood cells protect against disease?
Dr. Elie Metchnikoff