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

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823

1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865

1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910

about 1510-1590, surgeon, French

Paré, Ambroise

1510 - 1590

1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890

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

John Rabone and Sons

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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689

active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999

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

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

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541

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

Hygeia

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

Gillies, Sir Harold Delf

1882 - 1960

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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

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

Lind, James

1716 - 1794

1901-1940, medical instrument manufacturer, London, England

S Maw Son & Sons Limited

1901 - 1940

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

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

1960-1986, supplier of chemicals, Poole, England

BDH Chemicals Limited

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

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935

active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

1819-1891, civil engineer, English; British

Bazalgette, Sir Joseph William

1819 - 1891

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

Snow, John

1813 - 1858

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

Emil Busch AG

1845

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

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995

1902-current (2009), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1902

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

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911

J H Steward Limited

1715-current (2017), pharmaceutical manufacturer, England, British

Allen & Hanburys Limited

1715

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

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

1845 - 1923

1824-1880, surgeon, pathologist; anthropologist, French

Broca, Paul

1824 - 1880

active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895

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

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657

1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Vesalius, Andreas

1514 - 1564

1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958

active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012

1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, Welwyn Garden City, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962

W.F. Stanley and Company Limited

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

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992

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

British Drug Houses Limited

The Burden Neurological Institute

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910

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

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968

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

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998

1881-1955, bacteriologist; discoverer of penicillin, British

Fleming, Sir Alexander

1881 - 1955

1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979

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

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

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

Charcot, Jean Martin

1825 - 1893

active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921