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Medical Innovations
- Devising the cure for scurvy: James Lind (1716-1794)
- Discovering quinine as the cure for malaria: George Cleghorn (1716-1794)
- Pioneering the use of surgical anaesthesia: Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)
- The hypodermic syringe: Alexander Wood (1817-1884)
- Pioneering the use of anitseptics: Joseph Lister (1827-1912)
- Identifying the mosquito as the carrier of malaria: Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922)
- Identifying the cause of brucellosis: Sir David Bruce (1855-1931)
- Discovering the vaccine for typhoid fever: Sir William B. Leishman (1865-1926)
- Discovering insulin: John J R Macleod (1876-1935) with others
- Pencillin: Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)
- Discovering an effective treatment to eradicate TB: Sir John Crofton in the 1950s
- Developing the first beta-blocker drugs: Sir James W. Black in 1964
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