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 Results1,226 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 (39)Cellular and Disease Pathologists (30)Clinical Physician-Scientists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (70)Dentists and Pioneers of Dental Anesthesia (4)Epidemiology and Tropical Disease Control Pioneers (7)Experimental Pathologists and Chemotherapy Pioneers (2)Founders of Antisepsis and Modern Operative Surgery (46)Founders of Modern Nursing and Battlefield Care (6)Fringe and Alternative Medicine Founders (41)HIV and Modern Infectious Disease Leaders (4)Hormone, Vitamin and Drug Discoverers (15)Hydrotherapy and Physical Culture (25)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 (5)Military, Public Health and Reform Surgeons (58)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (17)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (39)Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers (43)Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints (54)Obstetricians and Gynecologic Surgeons (19)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (8)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (9)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (27)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (138)Pioneering Women and Minority Physicians (16)Pioneers of Bacteriology and Parasitology (24)Psychoanalysts, Psychotherapists and Humanistic Pioneers (13)Reproductive Technology Inventors (2)Somatic and Body-Based Therapy Founders (11)Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe (32)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (20)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (10)Unorthodox and Anthroposophic Physicians (14)Vaccine and Antibiotic Developers (7)Specialist InAllAnatomy (43)Anesthesiology (6)Ayurveda (6)Cardiology (7)Cardiothoracic Surgery (29)Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1)Critical Care Medicine (1)Dermatology (11)Endocrinology (6)Epidemiology (7)Family Medicine (9)Gastroenterology (1)Genetics (2)Geriatrics (1)Hematology (4)Histology (4)Homeopathy (2)Hospice and Palliative Medicine (1)Immunology (10)Infectious Disease (16)Internal Medicine (30)Interventional Radiology (1)Medical Genetics (8)Medical 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(1)Profession/RoleAllAcupuncturists 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 (39)Cellular and Disease Pathologists (30)Clinical Physician-Scientists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (70)Dentists and Pioneers of Dental Anesthesia (4)Epidemiology and Tropical Disease Control Pioneers (7)Experimental Pathologists and Chemotherapy Pioneers (2)Founders of Antisepsis and Modern Operative Surgery (46)Founders of Modern Nursing and Battlefield Care (6)Fringe and Alternative Medicine Founders (41)HIV and Modern Infectious Disease Leaders (4)Hormone, Vitamin and Drug Discoverers (15)Hydrotherapy and Physical Culture (25)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 (5)Military, Public Health and Reform Surgeons (58)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (17)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (39)Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers (43)Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints (54)Obstetricians and Gynecologic Surgeons (19)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (8)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (9)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (27)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (138)Pioneering Women and Minority Physicians (16)Pioneers of Bacteriology and Parasitology (24)Psychoanalysts, Psychotherapists and Humanistic Pioneers (13)Reproductive Technology Inventors (2)Somatic and Body-Based Therapy Founders (11)Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe (32)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (12)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (10)Unorthodox and Anthroposophic Physicians (14)Vaccine and Antibiotic Developers (7)NationalityAllAlmoravid dynasty (1)Ancient Rome (1)Argentina (3)Armenia (1)Australia (8)Australia (1)Austria (20)Austria-Hungary (1)Austrian Empire (3)Belgium (4)Brazil (4)British Raj (4)Burkina Faso (1)Canada (18)Chile (1)China (5)Cuba (1)Czechia (5)Czechoslovakia (1)Denmark (7)Eastern Han (2)Egypt (3)England (8)Estonia (2)France (64)Gambia (1)German Empire (3)German Reich (1)Germany (368)Greece (3)Guatemala (1)Habsburg Netherlands (1)Holy Roman Empire (4)Hungary (6)India (27)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 (11)Malaysia (1)Mexico (3)Ming dynasty (1)Netherlands (15)New Zealand (4)Nigeria (1)North Korea (1)Norway (1)Poland (13)Portugal (1)Qing dynasty (1)Republic of Venice (1)Romania (1)Russia (8)Russian Empire (4)Salerno (1)Scotland (16)South Africa (6)Soviet Union (3)Spain (3)Sweden (6)Switzerland (32)Turkey (2)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (82)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (7)United States (178)Vietnam (3)Wales (1)Weimar Republic (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 100Richard BrightGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansRichard CatonMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsRichard Friedrich Johannes PfeifferImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsRichard von VolkmannSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsRobert Bell (physician)Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Pediatric SpecialistsRobert Christian Avé-LallemantGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansRobert EdwardsMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsRobert GersunySurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsRobert James GravesGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansRobert Knox (surgeon)Pathologists and AnatomistsRobert KochImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsRobert ListonSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsRobert MachemerSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsRobert MacnishGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansRobert Walter (physician)Traditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersRobert WartenbergPsychiatrists and NeurologistsRobin WarrenPathologists and AnatomistsRoger BrookeSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsRogerius (physician)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsRonald RossImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsRosalind FranklinMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsRosi SextonTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersRoy Laver SwankPsychiatrists and NeurologistsRoyal RifeTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersRudolf BreussTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersRudolf BuchheimPhysiologists and PharmacologistsRudolf HauschkaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersRudolf HeidenhainMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsRudolf HöberMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsRudolf KobertMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsRudolf Ulrich KrönleinSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsRudolf VirchowPathologists and AnatomistsRudolph NissenSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsRune ElmqvistMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsRupert BluePublic Health and Epidemiology SpecialistsRupert E. BillinghamImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsRussell Thacher TrallTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersRuth ArnonImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsRuth B. DrownTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSabine Bergmann-PohlGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansSalvador ZubiránGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansSamuel A. CartwrightGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansSamuel Gottlieb GmelinMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsSamuel Gridley HoweGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansSamuel HahnemannTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSamuel Thomas von SömmerringPathologists and AnatomistsSamuel ThomsonTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSamuel WilksPathologists and AnatomistsSanjay GuptaSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsSantiago Ramon y CajalPathologists and AnatomistsSara Josephine BakerPublic Health and Epidemiology SpecialistsSatoshi FurukawaSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsScipione Riva-RocciGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansSebastian KneippTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSelman WaksmanMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsSelmar AschheimObstetricians, Gynecologists and Pediatric SpecialistsSemyon KorsakovTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSergey BotkinGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansSheikh Muszaphar ShukorGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansShinobu IshiharaSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsSid WatkinsSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsSigbert Josef Maria GanserPsychiatrists and NeurologistsSigmund FreudPsychiatrists and NeurologistsSigmund RascherMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsSimon BaruchTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSimon PaulliPathologists and AnatomistsSir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st BaronetSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsSosobala MbathaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersStanislav GrofPsychiatrists and NeurologistsStanisław OstrowskiGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansStanley DudrickSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsStanley LiefTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersStanley PrusinerPsychiatrists and NeurologistsStephen PagetSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsStephen WardTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSugiyama WaichiTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSujoy K. GuhaMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsSun Yat-senGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansSusan La Flesche PicotteGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansSusan LoveSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsSusanna Way DoddsTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSushrutaSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsSylvester GrahamTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSymphorien ChampierTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersT. L. NicholsTraditional and Historical Medicine Practitioners← Previous1…910111213Next →ConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,070 connections.Sources1. International Standard Classification of Occupations (Wikipedia)Wikipedialead paragraphQuote, lead paragraphThe International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) is a system developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to classify and organize occupations into a structured hierarchy.View the SourceA History of Medicinetier 1Lois N. 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