Key Individuals

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Hippocrates (Ancient Greece)
Theory of the four humours; Hippocratic oath; Natural causes; Scientific approach- observe, record, theory, test, record
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Galen (Roman Empire)
Theory of opposites; Knowledge of anatomy; Observation; 350 books
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Vesalius (Renaissance)
Corrected Galen on anatomy
3 of 19
Paré (Renaissance)
Ointment for gunshot wounds; Ligatures; False limbs
4 of 19
Harvey (Renaissance)
Blood Circulation- One way; Pump
5 of 19
Jenner (18th Century)
Smallpox vaccination by infecting with cowpox
6 of 19
Chadwick (19th Century)
Chadwick's report; Public health acts
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Semmelweiss (19th Century)
Doctors wash hands before entering maternity wards
8 of 19
Simpson (19th Century)
Chloroform- Better aneasthetic than ether
9 of 19
Snow (19th Century)
Cholera is spread by water not air
10 of 19
Farr (19th Century)
Registers all births and deaths
11 of 19
Nightingale (19th Century)
Improved hospitals during Crimean War; Set up nursing schools
12 of 19
Seacole (19th Century)
Provide drinks and food for soldiers during Crimean War; Tended to wounded and sick
13 of 19
Pasteur (19th Century)
Germ Theory- Bacteria causing decay; Pasteurisation; Dicovered how to create vaccinations for chicken cholera; Then human disease vaccinations
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Koch (19th Century)
Specific bacteriums causing diesease
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Lister (19th Century)
Starts antiseptic surgery using Carbolic Acid
16 of 19
Fleming (20th Century)
Discovers Penicillin but it takes ages to create enough
17 of 19
Florey and Chain (20th Century)
Developed Penicillin and mass produced it in America
18 of 19
Barnard (20th Century)
First human heart transplant
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Theory of opposites; Knowledge of anatomy; Observation; 350 books

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Galen (Roman Empire)

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Corrected Galen on anatomy

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Ointment for gunshot wounds; Ligatures; False limbs

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Blood Circulation- One way; Pump

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