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Category List: Science: Medicine

1.	Avicenna, author of the Book of Healing. Click here to read about Avicenna
2.	British doctor and author Sir Thomas Browne, who is best remembered for his book of reflections on the mysteries of God, nature and man, Religio Medici. Click here to read about Thomas Browne
3.	Tom Dooley, 'The Jungle Doctor' a physician and auther who brought techniques of modern medicine to South-East Asia, at a time when such work was not appreciated by America as a whole. Click here to read about Tom Dooley
4.	The man whose research marked the beginning of modern chemotherapy, Paul Ehrlich. Click here to read about Paul Ehrlich
5.	A man whose experiences with trivial injuries causing death led him to search for a general antibiotic, this is the story of the man who discovered penicilin. Click here to read about Alexander Fleming
6.	A man who contributed greatly to the field of medicine during the decline and fall of the Roman empire, Galen. Click here to read about Galen
7.	John Gorrie: the man who pioneered refrigeration, air conditioning and ice manufacture. Click here to read about John Gorrie
8.	The father of modern medicine and a man with an oath named after him, Hippocrates. Click here to read about Hippocrates
9.	Mary Putnam Jacobi, considered to be the foremost woman doctor of her era. Click here to read about Mary Putnam Jacobi
10.	John Kellogg, who was passionate about health foods, and educating people to eat healthily. He even helped by contributing one of the most popular breakfast cereals in the world, Corn Flakes. Click here to read about John Kellogg
11.	The scientist who determined a link between prenatal X-Rays and cancer in the mother. These discoveries were hugely unpopular, but changed modern medicine. Click here to read about Alice Stewart
12.	Russian-born American Immanuel Velikovsky was a physician, but made his mark on the world as a historical author, publishing many books that challenged the hitherto dominant theories of the day. Whilst much of what he said has been debunked, som eo fhis pronouncements were subsequently experimentally verified, and he deserves his place in history for at least trying to make people think about the world order. Click here to read about Immanuel Velikovsky
13.	Burt Green Wilder, who was a respected surgeon, zoologist and composter, and was first professor of Zoology at Cornell University. Click here to read about Burt Green Wilder
14.	The man who decided that there weren't enough languages in the world, so invented his own new one, Esperanto. Click here to read about Ludwig Zamenhof