History of Medicine

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Hippocrates

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Father of Medicine; Hippocratic Oath

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Germ Theory

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Microorganisms cause disease; Louis Pasteur

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Penicillin

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First antibiotic; discovered by Alexander Fleming

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Anesthesia

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Pain relief during surgery; first used in 1846

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Edward Jenner

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Developed smallpox vaccine; introduced vaccination

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X-rays

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Discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen; imaging technology

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Florence Nightingale

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Pioneer of modern nursing; Crimean War

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DNA Structure

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Double helix; discovered by Watson and Crick

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Blood Circulation

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Described by William Harvey; heart pumps blood

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Insulin

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Treatment for diabetes; discovered by Banting and Best