Famous People
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Who isolated radium in 1910 used for X-Rays?
Marie Curie
Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
Sir Alexander Fleming
Who is “The father of Medicine” and set ethical standards?
Hippocrates
Who found out the use of disinfectants and antiseptics for surgery?
Joseph Lister
Who made techniques to kill bacteria in beer and milk?
Louis Pasteur
Who was the founder of modern nursing?
Florence Nightingale
Who created the first mercury thermometer in 1714?
Gabriel Fahrenheit
Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?
Clara Barton
Who was the artist that dissected people to draw the human anatomy?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who discovered oxygen in 1774?
Joseph Priestly
Who established principles and patterns of heredity?
Gregory Mendel
Who invented the microscope in 1666?
Anton Von Leeuwenheok
Who discovered X-rays in 1895?
William Roentgen
Who invented the stethoscope?
Rene Laennec
Who described circulation of the blood to and from the heart.
William Harvey
Who developed a vaccination for smallpox?
Edward Jenner
Who told doctors to wash their hands before deliveries?
Ignaz Semmelweiss
Who invented bifocal glasses?
Benjamin Franklin
Who identified tubes of the female reproductive system?
Gabriel Fallopius
Who discovered culture plates and methods to identify pathogens?
Robert Koch