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History - Medicine + Surgery Revision - Key People
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- 1Robert ListonHe was a Scottish surgeon who was known for his skill before anesthetics. Could amputate a leg in 28 seconds.
- 2James SimpsonDiscovered how Chloroform could be used as an anaesthetic and introduced it into general medicine uses.
- 3Florence NightingaleShe nursed soldiers in the Crimean War and transformed hospitals to be cleaner places. She was the founder of modern nursing.
- 4Joseph ListerDiscovered antiseptic surgery. Found that germs carried in the air caused infections to surgical wounds.
- 5Robert KochConsidered the founder of modern bacteriology. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1905 because of his large contribution to 'Magic Bullets.'
- 6Dr MortonHe is recognised for making medical practise accept anaesthetic. First used Ether.
- 7Karl LandsteinerBiologist and physician and famous for finding the main blood groups in 1901.
- 8Richard LewisohnHe discovered that sodium citrate stopped blood from clotting in surgery.
- 9Richard WeilFound that blood could be stored in refrigerated conditions.
- 10Francis Rous + James TurnerFound that adding citrate glucose to blood enabled it to be stored for longer.
- 11Harold GillesHe did great work on plastic surgery in WW1 and moved to France where he became interested in plastic surgery of the face.
- 12Wilhelm RoentgenWon a Nobel Prize by producing and detecting electromagnet radiation in a wavelength. Discovered/invented X-Rays.
- 13Alexander WoodHe was a Scottish physician and invented the first hypodermic syringe.
- 14Louis PasteurDeveloped vaccines that protected millions of lives. His knowledge that germs caused diseases changed healthcare and he found new ways to make our food safe to eat. GERM THEORY!!!
- 15John SnowHe found the cause to an outbreak of cholera was a water pump even though everyone was sure it was airborne. INVENTED CHLOROFORM INHALER!!!
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