Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781–1826) — inventor of the stethoscope. Janet Lane-Claypon (1877–1967) — pioneer of epidemiology. Thomas Linacre (1460–1524) — founder of Royal College of Physicians. Joseph Lister (1827–1912) — pioneer of antiseptic surgery.
This is a list of fictional doctors (characters that use the appellation "doctor", medical and otherwise), from literature, films, television, and other media.. Shakespeare created a doctor in his play Macbeth (c 1603) [1] with a "great many good doctors" having appeared in literature by the 1890s [2] and, in the early 1900s, the "rage for novel characters" included a number of "lady doctors". [3]
The first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded in 1901 to Emil Adolf von Behring, of Germany. Each recipient receives a medal, a diploma and a monetary award that has varied throughout the years. [4] In 1901, von Behring received 150,782 SEK, which was equal to 7,731,004 SEK in December 2008.
Two doctors, the first a Pneumaticist, the second an Empiricist Hua Tuo: 2nd century CE: Chinese: abilities in acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal medicine and medical Daoyin exercises Huangfu Mi: 3rd century CE: Chinese: compiled the Canon of Acupuncture and Moxibustion: Ji Ben: 3rd century CE: Chinese: physician who started a failed rebellion ...
This is a list of neurologists and neurosurgeons, with their year of birth and death and nationality.This list compiles the names of neurologists and neurosurgeons with a corresponding Wikipedia biographical article, and is not necessarily a reflection of their relative importance in the field.
William DeVries, first permanent artificial heart transplant. Eric Mühe, first laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Paul Randall Harrington, first interior fixation of the spine by means of a Harrington rod. John Heysham Gibbon (1903–1973), first open heart surgery. Simon Hullihen, The Father of Oral Surgery. John Hunter, first aneurysm operation ...
Canada Gairdner Wightman Award. Gairdner Foundation. Canadian who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the field of medicine and medical science. Canada. Chanchlani Global Health Research Award. McMaster University. World leading scholar in the area of Global Health. Canada. Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize.
Hippocrates of Kos (/ hɪˈpɒkrətiːz /, ‹See Tfd› Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, translit. Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is ...