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    This document provides a timeline of important figures and discoveries in medicine and biology from the 17th century to the 20th century. Some of the key highlights include: - Anton van Leeuwenhoek in the 17th century who is considered the father of microbiology after discovering bacteria and red blood cells using microscopes. - Edward Jenner in the late 18th century who is known as the father of immunology for discovering vaccination using cowpox to provide immunity against smallpox. - Louis Pasteur's work in the 19th century on developing vaccines and demonstrating that microorganisms can cause disease. - Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in 1928, an important antibiotic.

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    This document provides a timeline of important figures and discoveries in medicine and biology from the 17th century to the 20th century. Some of the key highlights include: - Anton van Leeuwenhoek in the 17th century who is considered the father of microbiology after discovering bacteria and red blood cells using microscopes. - Edward Jenner in the late 18th century who is known as the father of immunology for discovering vaccination using cowpox to provide immunity against smallpox. - Louis Pasteur's work in the 19th century on developing vaccines and demonstrating that microorganisms can cause disease. - Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in 1928, an important antibiotic.

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    17th Century W(o)RMAJ(a)FT(e)R (coagulable plasma is called August von Wasserman (1906) –

    W – William Harvey (1578 – 1657) fibrinogen) developed an immunologic test for syphilis
    ➢ discovered the circulation of M – Matthew Dobson (1776) (Wasserman Test) Treponema pallidum –
    blood by vivisection ➢ discovers the sweetness of bacteria of syphilis
    R – Robert Hooke (1635 – 1703) urine and blood in diabetes is Howard Ricketts (1906) – discovered
    ➢ discovery of “cells” in plants caused by sugar Rickettsiae (range lies between virus and
    M – Marcello Malpighi (1628 – 1694) F – Francis Home (1780) bacteria)
    ➢ father of histology ➢ discovers the yeast test for Hans Fischer (1929) – worked out the
    ➢ studies tissues of frogs, sugar determination structure of hemoglobin
    embryology of chicks, and A – Antoine Francois de Fourcroy (1789) Jonas Salk (1954) – developed the
    physiology of the glands ➢ discovers cholesterol poliomyelitis vaccine
    A – Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1660) E – Edward Jenner (1796) James Westgard (1973) – control rules into
    ➢ father of microbiology ➢ father of immunology clinical laboratory quality control
    ➢ discovers bacteria and rbc ➢ discovered vaccination of Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1980) –
    through a microscope smallpox using scabs introduced the Hepatitis B vaccine.
    J – Jean Baptiste van Helmont (1577 – started in Asia (variolation Kary Mulis (1985) – developed the
    1644) polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
    ➢ gravimetric analysis of urine
    ➢ led to urine-specific gravity 19th Century
    (1.010) via urine strip Joseph Jackson Lister (1830) – developed
    F – Frederik Dekkers (1694) dark-field microscopy (for spirochete ie.
    ➢ urine with protein (proteinuria) Leptospira species)
    would precipitate when boiled John Snow (1854) – eliminates the cholera
    with acetic acid outbreak by eliminating the access to the
    T – Thomas Willis (1621 – 1675) contaminated water source
    ➢ tasted polyuria patients’ urine, Louis Pasteur (1857) – successfully
    described it as sweet like honey produce immunity to rabies
    and sugar Gregor Mendel (1866) – law of inherited
    R – Richard Lower (1631 – 1691) characteristics
    ➢ first blood transfusion in Herman Luer (1869) – hypodermic syringe
    animals Joseph Lister (1870) – Antiseptic before
    // Signs of Diabetes: surgery
    1. Polyuria – excessive urination Robert Kosch (1881) – Kosch Postulate
    2. Polydipsia – excessive thirst
    Polyphagia – extreme appetite
    20th Century
    Alexander Fleming (1928) –
    18th Century GW(e)MFAE Karl Landsteiner (1902) – discovered
    G – Gabriel Fahrenheit (1724) human blood types and the Rh factor
    ➢ develops the mercury Charles Richard Drew – storage for blood
    thermometer and the storage
    Fahrenheit temperature scale Christian Bohr (1904) – the relationship
    W – William Hewson (1739 – 1774) between pH and oxygen content of
    ➢ coagulation of blood is delayed, hemoglobin
    and plasma can be separated

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