Pioneers in Medical Science Flashcard

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Who isolated radium in 1910?

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Marie Curie

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Who established the patterns of heredity?

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Gregory Mendel

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Who developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796?

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Edward Jenner

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Who described the circulation of blood to and from the heart?

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William Harvey

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Who began public health and sanitation systems?

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Romans

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Who discovered X-rays in 1895?

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William Roentgen

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Who is known as the father of medicine?

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Hippocrates

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Who discovered penicillin in 1928?

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Sir Alexander Fleming

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Who is the artist who used dissection to draw the human body?

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Who developed the polio vaccine in 1952?

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Jonas Salk