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Match the Medical Pioneers with the Appropriate Description

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Match the medical pioneers with the appropriate description.

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Responses:

This German scientist determined the cause of several infectious diseases, including tuberculosis. He is responsible for what we now know as germ theory.

Koch

This amateur scientist used a simple microscope to study a wide variety of subjects, including various body fluids. His work provided the foundation for the science of microbiology.

Jenner

This Hungarian physician advocated handwashing after noticing that women in labor developed "childbed fever" when assisted by a doctor who had just come from the autopsy room.

van Leeuwenhoek

This German physicist discovered X-rays.

Freud

This English physician developed the first smallpox vaccine.

Semmelweis

This man developed the polio vaccine.

Salk

This pair of French physicists identified the radioactive elements radium and polonium.

Vesalius

This man developed the first accurate anatomical drawings.

Curie

This Austrian physician explored the role of the unconscious mind in a patient's physical and psychological health.

Roentgen

This French scientist developed the first rabies vaccine.

Pasteur

Premises:

This German scientist determined the cause of several infectious diseases, including tuberculosis. He is responsible for what we now know as germ theory.

This amateur scientist used a simple microscope to study a wide variety of subjects, including various body fluids. His work provided the foundation for the science of microbiology.

This Hungarian physician advocated handwashing after noticing that women in labor developed "childbed fever" when assisted by a doctor who had just come from the autopsy room.

This German physicist discovered X-rays.

This English physician developed the first smallpox vaccine.

This man developed the polio vaccine.

This pair of French physicists identified the radioactive elements radium and polonium.

This man developed the first accurate anatomical drawings.

This Austrian physician explored the role of the unconscious mind in a patient's physical and psychological health.

This French scientist developed the first rabies vaccine.

Responses:

Koch

Jenner

van Leeuwenhoek

Freud

Semmelweis

Salk

Vesalius

Curie

Roentgen

Pasteur

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

This German scientist determined the cause of several infectious diseases, including tuberculosis. He is responsible for what we now know as germ theory.

This amateur scientist used a simple microscope to study a wide variety of subjects, including various body fluids. His work provided the foundation for the science of microbiology.

This Hungarian physician advocated handwashing after noticing that women in labor developed "childbed fever" when assisted by a doctor who had just come from the autopsy room.

This German physicist discovered X-rays.

This English physician developed the first smallpox vaccine.

This man developed the polio vaccine.

This pair of French physicists identified the radioactive elements radium and polonium.

This man developed the first accurate anatomical drawings.

This Austrian physician explored the role of the unconscious mind in a patient's physical and psychological health.

This French scientist developed the first rabies vaccine.