famous scientists

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Total cards: 22•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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father of medicine

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Hippocrates

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studied and recorded the anatomy of the body

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Leonardo da Vinci

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1st theory of contagious diseases

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Girolamo Frascatore

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developed theory of blood circulation

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William Harvey

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invented the microscope

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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invented the stethoscope

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Rene Laennec

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discovered oxygen

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Jospeh Priestly

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developed vaccine for smallpox

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Edward Jenner

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discovered penicillin

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Alexander Fleming

#10

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1st female doctor in US

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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founder of modern nursing

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Florence Nightingale

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founder of red cross

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Clara Barton

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developed germ theory

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Louis Pasteur

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originated use of carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs and prevent infection

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Jospeh Lister

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father of microbiology

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Robert Koch

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Father of Psychiatry

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Sigmund Freud

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invented bifocals

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Benjamin Franklin

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discovered blood groups

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Karl Landsteiner

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identified insulin for treatment of diabetes

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F.G. Banting

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discovered x-rays

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William Roentgen

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discovered vaccine against polio

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Jonas Salk

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created vaccine to immunize against polio

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Albert Sabin