Names and their inventions Flashcards
(28 cards)
The Father of Microbiology; known for his work on the improvement of the miscroscope
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1660
The Father of Immunology; discovered small pox vaccine
Edward Jenner
1796
Identified organs by their types of tissues; Impact of contribution: Histology
Marie Francois Xavier Bichat
1800
First to expound the parasitic theory of infection
Agostino Bassi
1835
Invented the stethoscope
René Laënnec
1815
The Father of Microbiology; discovered the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization
Louis Pasteur
1857
The Father of Genetics; developed the theory of inheritance
Gregor Mendel
1866
The Father of Modern Surgery; demonstrated that surgical infections are caused by airborne organisms
Joseph Lister
1870
The Father of Clinical Microbiology; identified the specific causative agents of anthrax, and later, tuberculosis (1882) and cholera (1883)
Robert Koch
1876
Describe phagocytes in blood and their role in fighting infection
Elie Metchnikoff
1886
Introduced steam sterilization in surgery
Ernst von Bergmann
1886
Discovered the X-ray by accident
Wilhelm Conrad Röentgen
1895
Distinguished blood groups through the development of the ABO blood group system
Karl Landsteiner
1902
Developed immunologic tests for syphilis
August von Wassermann
1906
Worked out the structure of hemoglobin
Hans Fischer
1929
Built the first dialysis machine
Willem J. Kolff
1943
Performed the first successful kidney transplant
A team led by Dr. Joseph E. Murray
1954
Developed poliomyelitis vaccine
Jonas Salk
1954
Developed the first commercial CT Scanner
Dr. Godfrey Hounsfield
1971
Introduced the Westgard Rules for quality control in the clinical laboratory
James Westgard
1973
Developed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (M.R.I.)
Dr. Raymond V. Damadian
1978
Introduced the Hepatitis B vaccine
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
1980
