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Health Care Practitioners, Physicians & Doctors Posters, pg 1/4
for the science and social studies classroom, home schoolers and professional offices.
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educational posters > science > health > health care practitioners 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 < notable individuals < social studies
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Educational health posters and charts of notable individuals in the field of health care such as Antonia Novello, Louis Pasteur, Ellen Swallow Richards, Charles Drew, Mother Teresa, Maria Montessori, Carl Gustav Jung, Jonas Salk, Hippocrates, St Luke, Galen, Aesculapius, Avicenna, Averroes, Dioscorides, Maimonides, Paracelsus, Celsus.
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Charles Drew
b. 6-3-1904, Washington, DC
d. 4-1-1950
Charles Drew was a medical researcher in the field of blood transfusions. His techniques of separating and storing blood components, such as blood plasma, were applied to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II. Dr. Drew also protested the racial segregation of donated blood since blood can be safely transfused from one person to another regardless of ethnicity if the blood types are compatible.
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• more Charles Drew posters
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Gertrude Elion
b. 1-23-1918, NYC
d. 2-21-1999, Chapel Hill, NC
Gertrude Elion, biochemist, was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1988 with James W. Black and George H. Hitchings "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment".
• Gertrude Elion: Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology and Medicine
• Heroes of Science & Technology posters
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Antonia Novello, MD
Hispanic Heritage Wall Poster
b. 8-23-1944; Puerto Rico
available at-
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• Hispanic Heritage posters
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Louis Pasteur - Microbiologist and Chemist, developed the first effective vaccine for anthrax in 1881.
b. 12-27-1822; Dole, France
d. 9-28-1895, Paris
Poster Text: "Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world."
French chemist and biologist, Louis Pasteur founded the science of microbiology, proved the germ theory of disease, invented the process of pasteurization, and developed vaccines for several diseases.
• Home Milk Pasteurizer
• Louis Pasteur (biography)
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Ellen Richards was a chemist and is consided a founder of the science of ecology.
b. 12-3-1842; Dunstable, MA
d. 3-30-1911
Poster Text: "The quality of life depends upon the ability of society to teach its members how to live in harmony with their environment – defined first as family, then the community, then the world and its resources." Ellen S. Richards
Among the first women to formally work as a scientist, Ellen Swallow Richards profoundly impacted people's daily lives. A pioneer in the field of sanitary engineering, she also applied scientific principles to domestic life in creating the field of home economics.
• Ellen Swallow: The Woman Who Founded Ecology
• Women in Science poster
• food safety posters
• Heroes of Science & Technology posters
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Jonas Salk
b. 10-28-1914; NYC
d. 6-23-1995; La Jolla, CA
“To a scientist fame is neither an end nor a means to an end.”
Dr. Salk was a biologist and physician best known for the research and development of the first effective polio vaccine.
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• Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
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Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, Global PathMarker Fine Art Print
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
Carl Gustav Jung
The Creative Process publishes the Global PathMarkers posters, note cards and biographical bookmarks.
• more Jung posters
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Dr. Maria Montessori, Global PathMarker Fine Art Print
“Within the child lies
the fate of the future.”
Maria Montessori
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Mother Teresa, Global PathMarker Fine Art Print
“Unless life is lived for others,
it is not worthwhile.”
Mother Teresa
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Aesculapius (Greek Asclepius) Discovering Betony, Facsimile of a Manuscript by Antonius Musa, Giclee Print
Asciepius was the god of healing and the father of Hygieia, the goddess of sanitation.
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• medicinal herbs posters
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Pedanius Dioscorides, ca. 40-90, ancient Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist from Asia Minor, practiced in ancient Rome at the time of Nero.
Dioscorides searched extensively for medicinal substances and is famous for writing a five volume book De Materia Medica that is a precursor to all modern pharmacopeias, one of the most influential herbal books in history.
• Making Medicines: A Brief History Of Pharmacy And Pharmaceuticals
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Portrait Bust of Hippocrates, Copy of Greek 4th Century BC Original, Giclee Print
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Saint Luke,
(Patron Saint of Physicians)
Giclee Print, El Greco
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Pythagoras
b. c. 569 BC; Greece
d. c. 475 BC
Pythagoras was a philosopher who believed that numbers were the ultimate reality and everything could be predicted and measured in rhythmic patterns or cycles described through mathematics, including music.
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Celsus
b. c. 25 BC; Roman
d. c. 50
Aulus Cornelius Celsus is often considered a physician; he certainly is someone who is remembered for his scholarly comprehensive written compendium, De Medicina, on diet, pharmacy, surgery and related fields.
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Galen
b. c. 129 AD; Pergamon
d. c. 200 AD; Rome
Ancient Greek physician Galen dominated Western medicine for more than a thousand years. He was particularly noted for his anatomy knowledge - though the Romans forbade dissection of human corpses, the wounds of the gladiators sufficed in giving the opportunity to explore how the body was put together - Galen said wounds "were the windows into the body."
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Averroes
b. 1126; Cordoba, Spain
d. 12-10-1198; Marrakesh, Morocco
Averroes, known as Ibn Rushd, was an Andalusian-Arab polymath and master of philosophy, theology, Maliki law and jurispudence, astronomy, geography, mathematics, medicine, physics, psychology and science.
• Islam posters
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Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
b. c. 980; present day Uzbekistan
d. c. 1037; Iran
Persian Ibn Sina was a the foremost physician of his time and is considered a father of early modern medicine as well as "the most famous scientist of . . . all races, places, and times."
Known as Avicenna in the West, he was a polymath - learned in astronomy, chemistry, Hafiz (completely memorized the Quran), logic, mathematics, poetry, philosophy, psychology, physics, science, theology, a Sheikh (elder), soldier, and statesman.
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Maimonides
b. 3-30-1135; Cordoba, Spain
d. 12-13-1204; Egypt
Moses Maimonides, a rabbi and philosopher, is also considered one of the greatest physicians of his time, writing a number of medical texts.
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Andreas Vesalius
b. 12-31-1514; Brussels
d. 10-15-1564; Island of Zakynthos- on a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands
Andreas Vesalius was an innovative Early Renaissance anatomist and teacher who carried out dissection himself with students present, and kept meticulous drawings, rather than relying on the work of Galen.
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Paracelsus, nee Phillip von Hohenheim
b. 11-11-1493; Switzerland
d. 9-24-1541; Austria - burned at the stake as a witch
Paracelsus, a medieval physician who offended everyone with his arrogance, was the name chosen by Phillip von Hohenheim later Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim as a title to mean 'equal to or greater than Celsus. He was also an alchemist and astrologer.
Fellow Swiss Carl Gustav Jung wrote about Paracelsus in "The Spirit in Man, Art and Literature.
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