Contributors to human anatomy

Discovered X rays

Wrote first anatomy manual

Described anatomy of wounds in the Iliad

Father of medicine, inspired hippocratic oath

Founder of comparative anatomy; profoundly influenced western scientific thinking

Conducted remarkable research on aspects of the nervous system

Father of physiology; attempted to apply physical law to the study of human function

Compiled information from the Alexandrian school; first medical author to be printed in movable type after Guttenberg's invention

Most influential medical writer of all time; established principles that went unchallenged for 1500 years

Prepared dissection guide

Produced anatomical drawings of unprecedented quality based on human cadaver dissections

Refuted misconceptions about body structure and function by direct observation and experiment; father of anatomy

Demonstrated function of circulatory system; applied experimental method to anatomy

Refined the microscope; described various cells and tissues

Father of histology; first to confirm existence of capillaries

Created a 5-volume treatise on anatomy

Formulated cell theory