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Jean Martin Charcot
French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893)
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Harvery Williams Cushing
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
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Sir Howard Walter Florey
British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)
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Harold Hirschsprung
Danish pediatrician (1830-1916)
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Karen Danielsen Horney
United States psychiatrist (1885-1952)
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Karl Theodor Jaspers
German psychiatrist (1883-1969)
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Melanie Klein
United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)
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Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing
German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902)
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Karl Landsteiner
United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943)
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Prosper Meniere
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)
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Charles Frederick Menninger
United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953)
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Karl Augustus Menninger
United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990)
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William Claire Menninger
United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966)
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Sir James Paget
English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899)
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Wilhelm Reich
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)
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John Rock
United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
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Francis Peyton Rous
United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970)
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Hermann Snellen
Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908)
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Benjamin Spock
United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998)
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Harry Stack Sullivan
United States psychiatrist (1892-1949)
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Georges Gilles de la Tourette
French neurologist (1857-1904)
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Henry Hubert Turner
United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
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Rudolf Karl Virchow
German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902)
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Karl Wernicke
German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905)
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Thomas Willis
English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)
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anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist
a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated
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baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrician, pediatrist
a specialist in the care of babies
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cardiologist, heart specialist, heart surgeon
a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart
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chiropodist, foot doctor, podiatrist
a specialist in care for the feet
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dermatologist, skin doctor
a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin
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diagnostician, pathologist
a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
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diplomate
medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group
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ear doctor, ear specialist, otologist
a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases
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embryologist
a physician who specializes in embryology
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endocrinologist
physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
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ENT man, ear-nose-and-throat doctor, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist
a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat
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geriatrician, gerontologist
a specialist in gerontology
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gynaecologist, gynecologist, woman's doctor
a specialist in gynecology
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haematologist, hematologist
a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
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hygienist
a medical specialist in hygiene
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internist
a specialist in internal medicine
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brain doctor, neurologist
a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
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accoucheur, obstetrician
a physician specializing in obstetrics
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oncologist
a specialist in oncology
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eye doctor, oculist, ophthalmologist
a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
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orthopaedist, orthopedist
a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
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orthoptist
a specialist in orthoptics
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proctologist
a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus
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head-shrinker, psychiatrist, shrink
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
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radiographer
a person who makes radiographs
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radiologist, radiotherapist
a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease
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rheumatologist
a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases
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urologist
a specialist in urology
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alienist
a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
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analyst, psychoanalyst
a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
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aetiologist, etiologist
a specialist in the etiology of diseases
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perinatologist
an obstetrician specializing in perinatology