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This ancient Greek physician is called the "Father of Medicine" and gave his name to the oath doctors still take today.
- Hippocrates
- Aristotle
- Galen
- Socrates
This English doctor proved in 1796 that infection with cowpox could protect against the deadly smallpox, pioneering the practice of vaccination.
- Louis Pasteur
- Robert Koch
- Edward Jenner
- Joseph Lister
This simple practice, championed by Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis in the 1840s, dramatically reduced death rates in maternity wards.
- Blood transfusions
- Hand washing
- Bed rest
- Herbal remedies
This nurse became famous for her work during the Crimean War and is considered the founder of modern nursing.
- Clara Barton
- Mary Seacole
- Florence Nightingale
- Dorothea Dix
This gas, first used for surgery in 1842, allowed patients to undergo operations without feeling pain, revolutionizing surgery.
- Oxygen
- Nitrogen
- Carbon dioxide
- Ether
This French chemist developed the germ theory of disease and created vaccines for rabies and anthrax.
- Robert Koch
- Louis Pasteur
- Joseph Lister
- Rudolf Virchow
This organ, successfully transplanted by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in 1967, marked a historic milestone in transplant surgery.
- Heart
- Kidney
- Liver
- Lung
This disease was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980, the first human disease eliminated through vaccination.
- Polio
- Measles
- Smallpox
- Typhoid
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