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Physicians, Medicine: History of Healers through the Ages

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  • Dr. William H.Gedney (deceased)
    History Dr. William H. Gedney was the seventh child of Dr. William Gedney, and was born in the town of Marlborough. The earlier years of his life were passed at home and in attendance upon the school...
  • Alfred Axel Alrik Lindh (1844 - 1898)
    Överläkare i Halmstad.
  • Johan Emil von Wachenfeldt (1861 - 1931)
    Mogenhetsexamen i Linköping 1880-06-05. Student i Uppsala s. å. 14/9. Med. filosofie examen 1882-04-05. Inskrevs vid karolinska institutet i Stockholm 1883. Underläkare vid allmänna garnisonssjukhuset ...
  • Otto Robert Borgström (1826 - d.)
    Provincialläkare i Arvika distrikt.
  • Christian de Duve (1917 - 2013)
    Christian de Duve , né le 2 octobre 1917 à Thames-Ditton en Angleterre et mort le 4 mai 20131, est un docteur en médecine et biochimiste belge qui reçut le prix Nobel de physiologie ou médecine en 1974...

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BCE

  • Imhotep (2650 BCE – 2600 BCE) Considered to be the first architect, and engineer, and physician in early history.
  • Suśruta सुश्रुत (sʊʃɾʊt̪) ( lived ca. 600 BCE). He is an ancient Indian surgeon and is the author of the book Suśruta Saṃhitā, in which he describes over 300 surgical procedures, 120 surgical instruments and classifies human surgery in eight categories.
  • Hippocrates (460 BCE – 370 BCE). He is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is referred to as the father of Western medicine in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the Hippocratic School of medicine.

0 - 1000

  • Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90)

1000 - 1500

XVI century

  • Paracelsus (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), (11 Nov. or 17 Dec. 1493 – 24 Sep. 1541) German-Swiss Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist.
  • John Clement (1500 – 1572) Fellow, Consiliarius and President of the College of Physicians.
  • Andreas Vesalius (1514 – 1564) Flemish anatomist and physician, considered the founder of modern human anatomy.

XVII century

  • William Harvey (Apr. 1, 1578 – Jun. 3, 1657) English physician who was the first person to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart.

XVIII century

  • Eduard Jenner (May 17, 1749 – Jan. 26, 1823) English physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine. He is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other man".
  • Johan Vilhelm Rips (ca 1740-....) lege i Alta 1768.
  • Georg Friderich Gade (1743-1776)
  • Andreas Vincent Stoltenberg (1751-1814) lege i Alta
  • Jens Cron (ca 1740) lege i Kongsberg
  • Dr. Luther Waterman (c. 1753-1807)
  • Niels Christoffer Suhr (1768-1816) lege i Alta
  • John Gordon (ca 1740-) landfysikus på Saint Croix, dansk koloni i Vestindia (Caribia, America). St Croix St Croix , De dansk vestindiske øer *De dansk vestindiske øer
  • Michael Skjelderup (1769-1852) professor i medisin

XIX century

XX century

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