As we come back from HIMSS, I was thinking of all the famous people that have shaped the healthcare as we see it today. While we have a lot of cost challenges to address as a generation, we cannot deny the advancement mankind has made in understanding healthcare.
Take a moment to remember these folks, they changed the world of healthcare for ever…
Clara Barton | Founded the American Red Cross in 1881 |
Chinese | Used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion |
Marie Curie | Isolated radium in 1910 |
Leonardo da Vinci | Artist who used dissection to draw human body |
Dark Ages | Emphasis placed on saving soul & study of medicine was prohibited |
Egyptians | Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records |
Gabriel Fahrenheit | Created first mercury thermometer |
Sir Alexander Fleming | Discovered penicillin in 1928 |
William Harvey | Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart |
Hippocrates | The father of medicine |
Edward Jenner | Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796 |
Robert Koch | Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens |
Joseph Lister | Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery |
Gregory Mendel | Established the patterns of heredity |
Florence Nightengale | Founder of modern nursing |
Louis Pasteur | Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria |
Rhazes | An Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material |
William Roentgen | Discovered X-rays in 1895 |
Romans | Began public health and sanitation systems |
Jonas Salk | Developed the polio vaccine in 1952 |