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Healthcare People

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Aristotle

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“Father of Science”, Considered the founder of comparative anatomy

#2
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Frederick Banting / Charles Best

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1921, Isolated insulin and use it in the treatment of diabetes

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Clara Barton

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1881, Established the Red Cross

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Bartolomeo Eustachio

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Identified the tube connecting the ear and throat

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Alexander Fleming

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1928, Discovered penicillin

#6
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Benjamin Franklin

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1784, Invented bifocals

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Sigmund Freud

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Invented psychotherapy

#8
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Claudius Galen

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Greek physician, studied infectious disease

#9
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William Harvey

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Determined how blood circulates

#10
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Hippocrates

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Considered the Father of Medicine

#11
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Edward Jenner

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1796, Created the Smallpox vaccine

#12
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Robert Koch

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1890s, Isolated Tuberculosis Bacterium (TB)

#13
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Rene Laennec

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1816, Invented the stethoscope

#14
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Invented the microscope

#15
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James Lind

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1754, Used lime juice to prevent scurvy

#16
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Joseph Lister

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“Father of Modern Surgery”, First doctor to use antiseptic during surgery

#17
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Gregor Mendel

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“Father of Modern Genetics”, Developed the principles of heredity

#18
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William Morton

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1846, Dental surgeon, used ether as an anesthetic

#19
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Joseph Murray

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1954, Performed the first successful kidney transplant

#20
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Florence Nightingale

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1860, Established the first school of nursing

#21
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George Papanicolaou

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Developed Pap Smear

#22
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Louis Pasteur

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Developed a process to eliminate bacteria from milk

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Joseph Priestley

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1774, Discovered Oxygen

#24
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Wilhelm Roentgen

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1895, Discovered X-Rays