Which ancient Greek is the “father of medicine” and namesake of the medical oath?
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Hippocrates
The “Hippocratic oath” shapes medical ethics.
💡 Did you know? He sought natural, not divine, causes of illness.
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Who discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin, in 1928?
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Alexander Fleming
A mould on a culture dish led him to it.
💡 Did you know? Antibiotics have since saved millions of lives.
Who developed the first vaccination, against smallpox, around 1796?
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Edward Jenner
He used the harmless cowpox.
💡 Did you know? “Vaccine” comes from Latin “vacca” (cow).
Which German physicist discovered penetrating rays named after him in 1895?
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Wilhelm Röntgen
He made the first X-ray: of his wife's hand.
💡 Did you know? He won the first Nobel Prize in Physics.
Which Englishwoman is regarded as the founder of modern nursing?
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Florence Nightingale
In the Crimean War she nursed soldiers by night.
💡 Did you know? She was called “the lady with the lamp”.
Which physician first accurately described the circulation of the blood in the 17th century?
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William Harvey
He showed the heart pumps blood in a circle.
💡 Did you know? This overturned ancient errors.
Which doctor realised that hand-washing in hospital saves lives?
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Ignaz Semmelweis
He thus cut the often-fatal childbed fever.
💡 Did you know? He was barely recognised in his lifetime.
Which German doctor founded bacteriology and found the TB pathogen?
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Robert Koch
He proved specific bacteria cause specific diseases.
💡 Did you know? A major research institute bears his name.
Which Frenchman developed the rabies vaccine and preservation by heating?
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Louis Pasteur
“Pasteurising” milk is named after him.
💡 Did you know? He disproved spontaneous generation.
Which South African surgeon performed the first heart transplant in 1967?
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Christiaan Barnard
The first patient survived 18 days.
💡 Did you know? The operation made headlines worldwide.
Which Viennese doctor founded psychoanalysis?
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Sigmund Freud
He explored the unconscious and dream interpretation.
💡 Did you know? The “couch” became a symbol of his method.
Which duo unravelled the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953?
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Watson and Crick
Rosalind Franklin's images were crucial to it.
💡 Did you know? DNA carries our genetic information.
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