Healthcare Heroes Test

William Harvey

• Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart

• father of modern surgery

• Developed a process to eliminate bacteria from milk

• Classified ABO blood groups

Gregor Mendel

• Separated conjoined twins

• Founder of comparative anatomy

• Developed the principles of heredity

• discovered x-rays

Elizabeth Blackwell

• Invented the microscope

• First female physician in the US

• Founder of modern nursing

• Smallpox vaccine

Jonas Salk

• Smallpox vaccine

• Performed the first successful kidney transplant

• Founder of comparative anatomy

• Developed polio vaccine

Wilhelm Roentgen

• father of modern surgery

• discovered x-rays

• Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart

• Invented the stethoscope

Sir Andrew Flemming

• Developed polio vaccine

• Discovered viruses

• Discovered penicillin

• Invented the microscope

Hippocrates

• First doctor to use antiseptics during surgery

• Discovered viruses

• Father of microbiology

• Father of Medicine

Gabriel Fahrenheit

• Created the first mercury thermometer

• Invented the stethoscope

• Used ether as an anesthetic

• Developed polio vaccine

Florence Nightingale

• Founded the American Red Cross

• Basis for psychiatry/psychology

• Founder of modern nursing

• Invented the stethoscope

Ben Franklin

• Performed the first successful kidney transplant

• Discovered that the body required fluids to survive

• Father of Medicine

• Invented bifocals