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Medical Inventors
Medical Inventors
Edward jenner discovered the vaccine for smallpox in 1796. Edward jenner was an english surgeon.
Louis Pasteur
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin. Penicillin is the oldest antibiotic.
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister discovered anti septic in 1867. Anti septic is used to apply on surgical wounds.
Zacharias Janssen
Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope. Microscope is used to see very tiny matter which can not be seen by naked eye.
Rene Laennec
Rene Laennec invented stethoscope. Stethoscope is used to know the working of the heart and the lungs.
James Simpson
William Harvey
William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood. William Harvey published An
Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in animals.
Humphrey Davy
Humphrey Davy discovered anesthetic, laughing gas, in 1799. Humphrey Davy was a british chemist.
Christian Eijkman
Christian Eijkman discovered the need for vitamins in our diet in 1896. Christian Eijkman was a dutch medical officer.