Names of people and their discoveries in medicine

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Hippocrates
Theory of the four humors
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Galen
Developed the theory of four humors to the theory of opposites
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Vesalius
First person to question Galen's ideas in 100's of years and made discoveries about anatomy. Jaw had two bones.Proved he was wrong about the heart
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Pare
Wounds healed more quickly if oil was not used. He used his own ointment when he ran out of oil.
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Harvey
Showed that blood flows round the body and that it can't be replaced.Blood is pumped by the heart
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Jenner
He discovered the first vaccination- by giving cow pox to a child which made him immune to small pox.
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Simpson
Discovered the first anesthetic to make surgery less painful, this was called chloroform
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Pasteur
He discovered germs- and this was when he looked through a microscope in wine and saw germs germinating to make it sour
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Nightingale
Improved hygiene in hospitals across the country. Trained nurses
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Lister
Discovered antiseptic surgery where he used carbolic spray to kill bacteria on the wound whilst the surgery was ongoing.
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Koch
Identified that specific microbes causes an individual disease- By staining different microbes and they turned different colors
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Ehrlic
Discovered the 'magic bullet'- the fact that bacteria could absorb a poison to kill it but it not poison the body
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Fleming
Discovered drug to cure infections, this was called penicillin
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Florey and Chain
Discovered how to mass produce penicillin
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