Historical People in Health Care

Clara Barton

founder of the Red Cross

Marie Curie

isolated radium

Leonardo da Vinci

anatomical book/anatomy/dissection

Gabriel Farenheit

first mercury thermometer; farenhiet scale

Sir Alexander Fleming

discovered penicillin

Benjamin Franklin

created bifocals

Sigmund Freud

basis for psychology and psychiatry

William Harvey

circulation of blood to and from heart

Hippocrates

method to observe human body
"Father of Medicine

Edward Jenner

smallpox vaccination

Robert Koch

identified pathogens

Joseph Lister

This man promoted the idea of sterilizing medical equipment before operating

Gregory Mendel

principles of heredity and domain vs recessive traits

Florence Nightengale

founder of modern nursing

Louis Pasteur

pasteurization
microorganisms spread disease

William Roentgen

xrays

Jonas Salk

Polio Vaccine

William Devries

first artificial heart

Elizabeth Blackwell

first female phsician

Louise Brown

first teest tube baby