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# Contributions to Medicine **Name:** Vicky Navarrede **Date:** 29/30 **Hr.:** This list details significant contributions to medicine across various fields. | # | Person/Term | Dates | Contribution | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Elie Metchnikoff | 1845-1916 | Discovered the function of white bloo...

# Contributions to Medicine **Name:** Vicky Navarrede **Date:** 29/30 **Hr.:** This list details significant contributions to medicine across various fields. | # | Person/Term | Dates | Contribution | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Elie Metchnikoff | 1845-1916 | Discovered the function of white blood cells, the father of innate immunity, and discovered the significance of phagocytosis in development of homeostasis and disease. | | 2 | Wilhelm Roentgen | 1845 - 1923 | Invented the x-ray machine | | 3 | Anton van Leeuwenhoek | 1585-? | Invented the microscope | | 4 | Gabriel Fahrenheit | 1686-1736 | Invented the mercury thermometer | | 5 | Clara Barton | 1821-1912 | Founder of the American Red Cross (in 1881) | | 6 | Aristotle | 384 BC - 322 BC | Father of anatomy | | 7 | Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci | | Artists who were among the first to dissect and draw human bodies | | 8 | Louise Brown | 1978 - present | Present first test tube baby | | 9 | Hippocrates | 460-370 BC | Called the Father of Medicine | | 10 | Andreas Vesalius | 1514-1564 | Wrote the first anatomy book | | 11 | Bene Laennec | 1781-1826 | Invented the stethoscope | | 12 | Florence Nightingale | 1820-1910 | Established modern nursing practices | | 13 | Louis Pasteur | 1822-1895 | Developed the germ theory of disease and used heat (pasteurization) to kill germs. | | 14 | Joseph Lister | 1827-1912 | Introduced antiseptic surgery | | 15 | Sigmund Freud | 1856-1939 | Influenced the field of psychology |