Edward Jenner
Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796
Jonas Salk
Developed the polio vaccine in 1952
Joseph Lister
Began using disinfectants & antiseptics during surgery
Florence Nightingale
Founder of modern nursing
Robert Koch
Father of microbiology
Louis Pasteur
Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
Ancient Egyptians
Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records
Clara Barton
Founded the American Red Cross in 1881
Middle ages
Pandemic of bubonic plague killed millions of people
Leonardo da Vinci
Artist who used dissection to draw the human body
Alexander Flemming
Discovered penicillin in 1932
Hippocrates
the father of medicine
Wilhelm Roentgen
Discovered X-Rays in 1895
William Harvey
Described circulation of blood to and from the heart
Ancient Romans
Began public health and sanitation systems
Paul Ehrlich
Discovered the effect of medicine on disease causing microorganisms
Ernst von Bergmann
Developed asepsis
Ignaz Semmelweis
Identified the cause of child bed fever
Rene Laennec
Invented the stethoscope
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Invented the microscope
Accurate
exact, correct, or precise
Anesthesia
loss of feeling or sensation
Asepsis
sterile condition, free from all germs
Antiseptic
substance that slows or stops the growth of microorganisms
Custodial
marked by watching and protecting rather than seeking to cure
Dissection
act or process of dividing, taking apart
Era
a period of time
Geriatric
pertaining to old age
Observation
act of watching
Microorganism
organism so small that it can only be seen through a microscope
Monasteries
homes for men following religous standards
Noninvasive
not involving penetration of the skin
Predators
organisms or beings that destroy
Recipient
one that receives
Stethoscope
instrument used to hear sound in the body
Superstitious
Trusting in magic or chance
Quackery
practice of pretending to cure diseases
Exorcise
to force out evil spirits
Intravenously
directly into the vein
Convents
an establishment of nuns