Health care workers of the 20th century

20th century

Health care workers of the 20th century

Alexander Flemming- Discovered Penicillin

Paul Ehrclich- Discovered that drugs can attack organisms in the body

Gernhard Domagk- Treated his daughter for strep throat with prontrosil

Jonas Salk- Created a polio vaccine

Joseph Murray- Preformed the first kidney transplant

Beliefs or Theories

Believed that illness was caused by lack of sanitation and that most illnesses were bacterial and few were viral.

Dicoverys of the 20th century

Small pox Map

People who contributed to development and discovery's

-Kidney dialysis machine

-Heart and lung machine

-CAT scan

-New medicens

-Blood types

Karl Landstiener- (1900-1901) Discovered different blood types.

Godfrey Hounsfield- (1972) Created the CAT scan.

Williem Johan Kloff-(1953) Kidney dialysis machine.

John Heysham Gibbon- Created heart and lung machine.

Health care trends of the 20th century

Segregation-Hospitals were segreated by race and religion until 1960

Extended stays- People would stay in hospitals longer to recovery and the recovery rates increased

On call- Doctors were on call. in 1940 they were given an 80 hour limit

Thank You!

Famous Quotes

Jonas Salk(Medical Researcher)- "The reward for work well done is the oppurtunity to do more."

Patricia Bath(Ophthamology)- "Yes, Im interested in equal oppurtunities, but my battles are in science."

Cicely Saunders(Nurse)- "You matter because you are you, and no matter to end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die."

Charles Drew(Physicial/Surgeon)- "Excellence of preformance will transcend artificial barriers created by man."

Sam Shepperd(Neurosurgeon)- "When you hit a wall- of your own imagined limitations- just kick it."

Heart disease Symbol

Kidney Disease Awareness Symbol