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Week1 Chap1
Prominent figures
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
03/26/2024

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First great anatomist, controlled thought, went unchallenged, for 1500 years; biology made to serve theology
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Galen t
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Greatest surgeon of the 16th century, began to ligate (tie up) arteries after amputation; Stopped cauterizing wounds with hot iron/oil
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Pare l
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Described the signs of inflammation
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Celsus in
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Father of microbiology, virology, immunology
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Pasteur (Pasteurization) m
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Responsible for advancements in surgical procedures; best known for gastrectomy procedures
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Billroth gs
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Developed meticulous closure of wounds
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Halsted w
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Developed the concept of a virus
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Biejerinick v
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Father of Neurosurgery; reduced the mortality rate for meningiomas from 96% to 5%
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Cushing n
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Developed the 1st ventricular assist pump
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DeBakey vp
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