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 100Theodor ZiehenPsychiatrists and NeurologistsThéodore MaunoirSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsThomas AllinsonGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansThomas Bond (English surgeon)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsThomas E. DuckworthTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersThomas Goode (physician)Generalist and Primary Care PhysiciansThomas HodgkinPathologists and AnatomistsThomas Huckle WellerImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsThomas J. King Jr.Medical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsThomas Louis HannaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersThomas WakleySurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsTobias CohnTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersTodd CaldecottTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersTony AgpaoaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersToshikatsu YamamotoTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersTraute LafrenzGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansTrotula of SalernoGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansTu YouyouMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsTung Ching ChangTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersUday Chand DuttTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersUgo CerlettiPsychiatrists and NeurologistsUğur ErdenerGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansUlric WilliamsGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansV. N. ShirodkarObstetricians, Gynecologists and Pediatric SpecialistsVagbhataGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansVaidya Bhagwan DashTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersVaidya Suresh ChaturvediTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersVaidyaratnam Triprangode MoossadTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersValerius CordusMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsVasilii KolesovSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsVasily KrylovMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsVictor HorsleySurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsVictor von BrunsSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsViktor FranklPsychiatrists and NeurologistsViktor von HackerSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsViktor von WeizsäckerPsychiatrists and NeurologistsVincenz CzernySurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsVincenz PriessnitzTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersVirginia ApgarSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsVitaly NapadowMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsVivien ThomasSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsVolkmar SiguschMedical ScientistsWaldemar HovenGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansWalter Gross (politician)Generalist and Primary Care PhysiciansWalter PagelPathologists and AnatomistsWalter ReedPublic Health and Epidemiology SpecialistsWalter Rudolf HessMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsWalter SchultzePublic Health and Epidemiology SpecialistsWalther KauschSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWeary DunlopSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWerner ForssmannGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansWerner KörteSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWerner Zoege von ManteuffelSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWeston A. PriceTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWilder PenfieldSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilfred Gordon BigelowSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilhelm Baum (surgeon)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilhelm Busch (surgeon)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilhelm Daniel Joseph KochMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsWilhelm EbsteinGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansWilhelm FabrySurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilhelm FliessSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilhelm Frederick von LudwigGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansWilhelm GriesingerPsychiatrists and NeurologistsWilhelm Heinrich ErbPsychiatrists and NeurologistsWilhelm Olbers FockePublic Health and Epidemiology SpecialistsWilhelm PfannenstielPublic Health and Epidemiology SpecialistsWilhelm RöntgenMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsWilhelm WeinbergObstetricians, Gynecologists and Pediatric SpecialistsWilhelm WinternitzTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWillem EinthovenMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsWillem KolffGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansWillem Zeylmans van EmmichovenPsychiatrists and NeurologistsWilliam B. KouwenhovenMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsWilliam BaylissMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsWilliam ColeySurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilliam Crawford GorgasSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilliam CullenGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansWilliam Donald KelleyTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWilliam Guglielmo NiederlandPsychiatrists and NeurologistsWilliam HalstedSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilliam HarveyPathologists and AnatomistsWilliam Henry FlowerPathologists and AnatomistsWilliam Henry HoskingGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansWilliam Hewson (surgeon)Pathologists and AnatomistsWilliam Horatio BatesTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWilliam HorsellTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWilliam James MayoSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilliam MacewenSurgeons and Perioperative Specialists← Previous1…11121314Next →ConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,172 connections.Sources1. 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