Mercury
Isolated radium in 1910
Gregor Mendel
Established the patterns of heredity
Edward Jenner
Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796
William Harvey
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood
Romens
began public health sanitation systems
Wilhelm Roentgen
discovered x-rays
Hippocrites
Father of medicine
Fleming
discovered penicillin
DeVinci
artist who used dissection to draw the human body
Dark Ages
Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited
Clara Barton
Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Egytians
Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records
Louis Pasteur
A French chemist, this man discovered that heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer.
Chinnese
Used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion
Robert Koch
Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens
Florence Nightingale
Founder of modern nursing
Joseph Lister
Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery
Farenheit
Created the first mercury thermometer
Jonas Salk
Developed the polio vaccine in 1952
Rhazes
An Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material