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

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823

1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

goddess of Health; mythological daughter of Asclepius/Aesculapius, Greek

Hygeia

1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890

1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910

1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865

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

Snow, John

1813 - 1858

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

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541

about 1510-1590, surgeon, French

Paré, Ambroise

1510 - 1590

1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689

active 1861-1900s, linear measure maker, Birmingham, England

John Rabone and Sons

1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Zahn, Johann

1641 - 1707

active 1954-1999, science teaching apparatus manufacturer/ supplier, London, England

Griffin & George Limited

1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969

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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911

1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995

J H Steward Limited

1901-1940, medical instrument manufacturer, London, England

S Maw Son & Sons Limited

1901 - 1940

1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901

1881-1955, bacteriologist; discoverer of penicillin, British

Fleming, Sir Alexander

1881 - 1955

1824-1880, surgeon, pathologist; anthropologist, French

Broca, Paul

1824 - 1880

1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968

1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845

1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

1960-1986, supplier of chemicals, Poole, England

BDH Chemicals Limited

active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998

1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654

1845-1923, physicist; discoverer of X-rays, German

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

1845 - 1923

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1988

first patient to receive insulin injections

Thompson, Leonard

1908 - 1935

active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921

1790- about 1946, pencil manufacturer, Vienna

L&C Hardtmuth

1790 - 1946

active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935

active 1962, co-inventor of the felt tip pen, Japanese

Horie, Yukio

1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895

1882-1960, plastic surgeon, lecturer, Dunedin, New Zealander

Gillies, Sir Harold Delf

1882 - 1960

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

1819-1891, civil engineer, English; British

Bazalgette, Sir Joseph William

1819 - 1891

c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992

1829-1904, physiologist; chronophotographer; inventor, French

Marey, Étienne Jules

1829 - 1904

1825-1893, neurologist; professor of anatomical pathology, French

Charcot, Jean Martin

1825 - 1893

active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968

1935-1995, pharmaceuticals manufacturer, Greenford, Middlesex, England, British

Glaxo Laboratories Limited

1935

1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969