It isn’t easy to pick the 10 most influential doctors in history. So many have contributed so much to make the field of medicine what it is today that medicine is indebted to all those who took action to further the art of healing. Still, the 10 most influential had to be chosen and here they are.
Hippocrates
Hippocrates was the first doctor to understand and assert that thoughts and feelings originated in the brain instead of the heart as was commonly believed in his time. He was also a pioneer in describing the precise symptoms of conditions such as pneumonia and epilepsy in children.
Henry Gray
Henry Gray was an anatomist and a surgeon. He is perhaps best known for his book entitled Gray’s Anatomy detailing human anatomy. The second edition only served to improve upon the first.
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister was a surgeon and became a pioneer in the concept of antiseptic surgery. Before this surgeons wondered why wounds so often became infected after surgery. He researched the topic and developed sterilization protocols that are still used today.
Theodor Billroth
Theodor Billroth has several surgeries to his credit that were completely novel when he performed them. Included are the first ever esophagectomy and the first ever laryngectomyl. He also has the first successful gastroduodenostomy to his credit.
Charles Richard Drew
Charles Richard Drew is known for his work in the areas of blood transfusions and blood storage. He helped to create blood banks in World War II, banks that helped to save thousands of people in the armed forces. He also fought segregation of blood for racial reasons, showing that there was no scientific reasoning behind it.
Virginia Apgar
Virginia Apgar was mainly focused in the areas of anesthesia and pediatrics and became a pioneer in neonatology. She created the Apgar test which is used to evaluate the health of newborns. This test has singlehandedly managed to decrease the rate of infant mortality the world over.
Jean Astruc
Jean Astruc found cures for syphilis along with other venereal diseases and wrote a book on his studies of syphilis.
Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec
This productive doctor invented the staple of modern medicine known as the stethoscope. Before this doctors put their heads directly on patients’ chests to hear sounds of the heart and chest. The stethoscope allowed doctors to hear clearer sounds and to come to more accurate diagnoses.
Christian Neethling Barnard
This famous doctor is known for having completed the first kidney transplant in 1959, or at least the first successful one. In 1967, he then had the first successful heart transplant too.
Peter Safar
Peter Safar is credited with forming the first intensive care unit as well as the first paramedic ambulance services. He also had 3 nominations for the Nobel Prize in medicine.
These are the 10 most influential doctors in history. The more you delve into their stories the more you will see just how much their work affected medicine and the world. Without them, medicine would be entirely different today.
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