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  2. List of physicians - Wikipedia

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    2 Physicians famous for their role ... This is a list of famous physicians in history ... (1831–1910) - Italian writer, author of science fiction book L ...

  3. Physician writer - Wikipedia

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    Physician writers are physicians who write creatively in fields outside their practice of medicine.. The following is a partial list of physician-writers by historic epoch or century in which the author was born, or published their first non-medical piece, arranged in alphabetical order.

  4. List of fictional doctors - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. List of ancient physicians - Wikipedia

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    Known for Imhotep: 27th century BCE Egyptian One of the first recorded physicians Bogar: 3rd century BCE Indian The Pharmacognosy is the best known of his treatises Tirumular: 2nd century BCE Indian Aegimus: 5th century BCE: Greek: first person who wrote a treatise on the pulse Korakkar: 2nd century BCE Indian

  6. List of medical textbooks - Wikipedia

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    Book of Optics (c. 1000) - Exerted great influence on Western science. [16] It was translated into Latin and it was used until the early 17th century. [ 17 ] The German physician Hermann von Helmholtz reproduced several theories of visual perception that were found in the first Book of Optics , which he cited and copied from.

  7. Elizabeth Blackwell - Wikipedia

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    A 2021 book by Janice P. Nimura, The Doctors Blackwell, chronicles the life story of Elizabeth Blackwell and her sister Emily Blackwell. [ 51 ] Poet Jessy Randall's interest in Blackwell was the original inspiration for what became her 2022 collection of poems about women scientists, Mathematics for Ladies .

  8. Medical fiction - Wikipedia

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    One of the most well-known examples of medical fiction in dramaturgy is The Imaginary Invalid, written by Molière. The satire-comedy focuses on the medical profession and has a hypochondriac for its main character. The play lampoons the society of late 17th-century Paris, specifically the bourgeoisie, and is generally considered a piece of ...

  9. List of important publications in medicine - Wikipedia

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    Among other things, the book is known for the discovery of contagious diseases, and the introduction of experimental medicine, [1] clinical trials, [2] randomized controlled trials, [3] [4] efficacy tests, [5] [6] and clinical pharmacology. [7] The work is considered one of the most famous books in the history of medicine. [8]