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Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198)

Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037)

Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936)

Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629)

United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)

Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)

French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)

English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915)

English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)

United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)

United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)

English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930)

French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911)

English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)

United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)

English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)

medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)

English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)

United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea

Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)

English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)

United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912)

English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)

United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961)

United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888)

Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)

Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)

English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)

English surgeon (1755-1824)

United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869)

British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)

physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966)

French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)

United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)

Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870)

English physician (1624-1689)

Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949)

French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893)

United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)

British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)

Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)

Danish pediatrician (1830-1916)

United States psychiatrist (1885-1952)

German psychiatrist (1883-1969)

German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902)

United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943)

French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862)

United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953)

United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990)

United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966)

English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899)

United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970)

Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908)

United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998)

United States psychiatrist (1892-1949)

French neurologist (1857-1904)

United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)

German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902)

German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905)

English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)

United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)

Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957)

someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones

someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots

a person trained to assist medical professionals

someone who practices medicine

one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs

a person qualified to practice dentistry

a licensed medical practitioner

a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own

someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school

the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution

a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases

a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick

a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution

a medical practitioner in the armed forces

a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies

someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)

a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period

a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration

a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery

a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes