Home›Healers›All HealersBrowse ByAll HealersReference and ClassificationVerifiedThis category is the top-level index for the atlas's Healer entities: the individual physicians, surgeons, nurses and traditional healing practitioners profiled for their contributions to medicine, whether through a specific discovery, a body of clinical work or the practice of a traditional healing system. Each entry covers a specific individual rather than a condition, a treatment or an institution, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.FactsAll HealersConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonUses International ClassificationWell-attestedISCO-08 (International Standard Classification of Occupations) 1All HealersFilter Results1,318 entriesHealing TraditionAllAcupuncturists and Acupuncture Researchers (8)African Traditional Healers (4)Anatomists and Physiologists of Antiquity and the Renaissance (7)Anesthesiologists and Perioperative Care Pioneers (8)Ayurveda and South Asian Traditional Medicine (32)Cardiac, Vascular and Transplant Surgeons (42)Cellular and Disease Pathologists (33)Clinical Physician-Scientists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (87)Dentists and Pioneers of Dental Anesthesia (5)Epidemiology and Tropical Disease Control Pioneers (7)Experimental Pathologists and Chemotherapy Pioneers (3)Founders of Antisepsis and Modern Operative Surgery (57)Founders of Modern Nursing and Battlefield Care (6)Fringe and Alternative Medicine Founders (42)HIV and Modern Infectious Disease Leaders (4)Hormone, Vitamin and Drug Discoverers (15)Hydrotherapy and Physical Culture (27)Imaging, Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors (13)Immunology and Transplantation Scientists (16)Indigenous American and Pacific Healing Traditions (2)Maternal, Child Health and Blood Service Founders (3)Midwifery, Reproductive Science and Hospice Care Pioneers (6)Military, Public Health and Reform Surgeons (67)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (17)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (39)Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers (47)Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints (68)Obstetricians and Gynecologic Surgeons (21)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (10)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (10)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (31)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (154)Pioneering Women and Minority Physicians (16)Pioneers of Bacteriology and Parasitology (28)Psychoanalysts, Psychotherapists and Humanistic Pioneers (14)Reproductive Technology Inventors (2)Somatic and Body-Based Therapy Founders (11)Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe (35)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (20)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (10)Unorthodox and Anthroposophic Physicians (16)Vaccine and Antibiotic Developers (7)Specialist InAllAnatomy (46)Anesthesiology (6)Ayurveda (6)Cardiology (7)Cardiothoracic Surgery (31)Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2)Critical Care Medicine (1)Dermatology (12)Endocrinology (7)Epidemiology (7)Family Medicine (9)Gastroenterology (1)Genetics (2)Geriatrics (1)Hematology (4)Histology (5)Homeopathy (2)Hospice and Palliative Medicine (1)Immunology (10)Infectious Disease (17)Internal Medicine (34)Interventional Radiology (1)Medical Genetics (8)Medical Microbiology (12)Naturopathic Medicine (3)Nephrology (2)Neurology (35)Neuroscience (12)Neurosurgery (8)Obstetrics and Gynecology (37)Occupational Medicine (3)Oncology (1)Ophthalmology (31)Orthopedic Surgery (19)Otolaryngology (7)Pathology (42)Pediatric Surgery (2)Pediatrics (14)Pharmacology (7)Physiology (25)Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (10)Preventive Medicine (4)Psychiatry (41)Public Health (16)Pulmonology (4)Radiology (3)Rheumatology (1)Surgery (216)Traditional Chinese Medicine (4)Trauma Surgery (3)Unani Medicine (2)Urology (7)Vascular Surgery (2)Virology (8)Era (Birth Year)All-2500 (1)-600 (2)-460 (1)50 (1)129 (1)140 (1)150 (1)865 (1)936 (1)980 (1)1094 (1)1140 (1)1162 (1)1210 (1)1260 (1)1300 (1)1412 (1)1450 (2)1453 (1)1455 (1)1460 (1)1471 (1)1484 (1)1493 (1)1500 (1)1501 (1)1505 (1)1510 (1)1514 (2)1515 (1)1516 (1)1517 (1)1518 (1)1530 (1)1532 (1)1533 (1)1534 (1)1535 (2)1545 (1)1550 (1)1558 (1)1560 (2)1566 (1)1569 (1)1572 (1)1575 (1)1578 (1)1589 (1)1593 (1)1595 (1)1600 (1)1603 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Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors (13)Immunology and Transplantation Scientists (16)Indigenous American and Pacific Healing Traditions (2)Maternal, Child Health and Blood Service Founders (3)Midwifery, Reproductive Science and Hospice Care Pioneers (6)Military, Public Health and Reform Surgeons (67)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (17)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (39)Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers (47)Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints (68)Obstetricians and Gynecologic Surgeons (21)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (10)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (10)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (31)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (154)Pioneering Women and Minority Physicians (16)Pioneers of Bacteriology and Parasitology (28)Psychoanalysts, Psychotherapists and Humanistic Pioneers (14)Reproductive Technology Inventors (2)Somatic and Body-Based Therapy Founders (11)Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe (35)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (12)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (10)Unorthodox and Anthroposophic Physicians (16)Vaccine and Antibiotic Developers (7)NationalityAllAlmoravid dynasty (1)Ancient Rome (1)Argentina (3)Armenia (1)Australia (8)Australia (1)Austria (22)Austria-Hungary (1)Austrian Empire (3)Belgium (6)Brazil (6)British Raj (4)Burkina Faso (1)Canada (19)Chile (1)China (5)Cuba (1)Czechia (5)Czechoslovakia (1)Denmark (7)Eastern Han (2)Egypt (3)England (13)Estonia (3)France (74)Gambia (1)German Empire (3)German Reich (1)Germany (423)Greece (3)Guatemala (1)Habsburg Netherlands (1)Holy Roman Empire (4)Hungary (6)India (28)Iran (4)Iraq (1)Ireland (8)Israel (2)Italy (22)Japan (11)Kingdom of Bavaria (3)Kingdom of France (1)Kingdom of Great Britain (1)Kingdom of Italy (3)Kingdom of Prussia (13)Malaysia (1)Mexico (3)Ming dynasty (1)Morocco (1)Netherlands (16)New Zealand (4)Nigeria (1)North Korea (1)Norway (3)Poland (15)Portugal (2)Qing dynasty (1)Republic of Venice (1)Romania (1)Russia (8)Russian Empire (4)Salerno (1)Scotland (17)South Africa (6)Soviet Union (3)Spain (4)Sweden (6)Switzerland (34)Turkey (2)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (86)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (7)United States (186)Vietnam (3)Wales (1)Weimar Republic (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 100Maria MontessoriObstetricians, Gynecologists and Pediatric SpecialistsMaria SiemionowSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsMarian ChaceTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMarie ColinetNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsMarie CurieMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsMarjory WarrenGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansMark LesterTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMarkus BüchlerSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsMarkus HerzGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansMarsha M. 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