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1836-1917, physician, British

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

1836 - 1917
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Joseph Lister

1827 - 1912
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

William Thomas Green Morton

1819 - 1868
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis

1818 - 1865
1493-1541, alchemist; physician; astrologer; general occultist, Swiss

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Edward Jenner

1749 - 1823
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

1616 - 1654
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

John Snow

1813 - 1858
1624-1689, physician, English

Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Samuel Hahnemann

1755 - 1843
129-199 or 216 CE, physician; writer; philosopher, Greek

Galen

129 CE - 216 CE
1799-1865, active 1812-1865, physician; army medical officer, English

James Barry

1789 - 1865
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Francis Willis

1718 - 1807
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Andreas Vesalius

1514 - 1564
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

James Lind

1716 - 1794
c 460-c 370 BCE, philosopher; physician, Greek

Hippocrates

460 - 370
1853-1923, physician; surgeon; author, English; British

Frederick Treves

1853 - 1923
1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

James Cantlie

1851 - 1926
1771-1802, physician; anatomist; physiologist, French

Marie Francois Xavier Bichat

1771 - 1802
1817-1889, metallurgist; physician, British

John Percy

1817 - 1889
1897-1932, physician; surgeon; collector, German

Eugen Hollander

1897 - 1932
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger

1722 - 1809
1887-1982, physician; surgeon, British

Geoffrey Langdon Keynes

1887 - 1982
1881-1945, physician, British

Thomas Lewis

1881 - 1945
1845-1918, meteorologist; physician, German

Richard Assmann

1845 - 1918
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Gerard Van Swieten

1700 - 1772
1875-1941, physician; anaesthetist, British

Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle

1875 - 1941
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704
1908-1993, physician; cardiothoracic surgeon, British; English

Oswald Sydney Tubbs

1908 - 1993
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio Santorio

1561 - 1636
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771
1741-1799, physician; inventor of 'Perkins Tractors', American

Elisha Perkins

1741 - 1799
1857-1916, anaesthetist; physician, British

Frederic William Hewitt

1857 - 1916
1797-1880, physician; modelmaker, French

Louis Thomas Jerome Auzoux

1797 - 1880
1794-1878, chemist; naturalist; physician; physiologist, French

Francois Vincent Raspail

1794 - 1878
b. 1911, physician; inventor, Dutch/American

Willem Johann Kolff

1911 - 2009
1836-1908, physician; dermatologist, British

Alexander John Balmanno Squire

1836 - 1908
1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Gowin Knight

1713 - 1772
1776-1850, physician; inventor, Irish

William Reid Clanny

1776 - 1850
1817-1884, physician, inventor of hypodermic syringe, Scottish, British

Alexander Wood

1817 - 1884
1836-1925, physician, British

Thomas Clifford Allbutt

1836 - 1925
1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Frederick Grant Banting

1891 - 1941
1897-1976, physician; surgeon, Irish

Arthur Dickson

1897 - 1976
1835-1899, physician, British

John Brunton

1835 - 1899
physician, educator, sculptor, athlete

Robert Tait McKenzie

1867 - 1938
1792-1867, physician; urologist, French

Jean Civiale

1792 - 1867
1811-1870, physician; obstetrician, British; Scottish

James Young Simpson

1811 - 1870
1805-1889, physician? American?

Charles James Blasius Williams

1805 - 1889