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 Results1,329 entriesHealing TraditionAllAcupuncturists and Acupuncture Researchers (9)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 (43)Cellular and Disease Pathologists (34)Clinical Physician-Scientists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (92)Dentists and Pioneers of Dental Anesthesia (5)Epidemiology and Tropical Disease Control Pioneers (8)Experimental Pathologists and Chemotherapy Pioneers (3)Founders of Antisepsis and Modern Operative Surgery (64)Founders of Modern Nursing and Battlefield Care (6)Fringe and Alternative Medicine Founders (44)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 (71)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (17)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (39)Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers (50)Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints (70)Obstetricians and Gynecologic Surgeons (23)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (10)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (11)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (31)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (162)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 (38)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (21)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (10)Unorthodox and Anthroposophic Physicians (16)Vaccine and Antibiotic Developers (7)Specialist InAllAnatomy (50)Anesthesiology (6)Ayurveda (6)Cardiology (7)Cardiothoracic Surgery (32)Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2)Critical Care Medicine (1)Dermatology (12)Endocrinology (7)Epidemiology (7)Family Medicine (9)Forensic Pathology (2)Gastroenterology (1)Genetics (2)Geriatrics (1)Hematology (4)Histology (5)Homeopathy (2)Hospice and Palliative Medicine (1)Immunology (10)Infectious Disease (17)Internal Medicine (36)Interventional Radiology (1)Medical 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(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 (71)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (17)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (39)Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers (50)Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints (70)Obstetricians and Gynecologic Surgeons (23)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (10)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (11)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (31)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (162)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 (38)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 (4)Armenia (1)Australia (8)Australia (1)Austria (26)Austria-Hungary (1)Austrian Empire (3)Belgium (6)Brazil (6)British Raj (4)Burkina Faso (1)Canada (21)Chile (1)China (5)Cuba (1)Czechia (6)Czechoslovakia (1)Denmark (7)Eastern Han (2)Egypt (3)England (13)Estonia (3)France (79)Gambia (1)German Empire (3)German Reich (1)Germany (444)Greece (3)Guatemala (1)Habsburg Netherlands (1)Holy Roman Empire (4)Hungary (6)India (28)Iran (4)Iraq (1)Ireland (8)Israel (2)Italy (23)Japan (11)Kingdom of Bavaria (3)Kingdom of France (1)Kingdom of Great Britain (1)Kingdom of Italy (3)Kingdom of Prussia (14)Malaysia (1)Mexico (3)Ming dynasty (1)Morocco (1)Netherlands (17)New Zealand (5)Nigeria (1)North Korea (1)Norway (3)Poland (15)Portugal (2)Qing dynasty (1)Republic of Venice (1)Romania (1)Russia (10)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 (189)Vietnam (3)Wales (1)Weimar Republic (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 29William 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 SpecialistsWilliam MortonDentistsWilliam OslerGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansWilliam S. TillettImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsWilliam Smith (physician)Traditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWilliam WitheringTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWilmer Ingalls GordonTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWoldemar KernigGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansWolf-Dieter StorlTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWong Fei-hungTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWouter SchoutenSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsXavier BichatPathologists and AnatomistsYajnavarahaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersZbigniew ReligaSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsZé ArigóTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersZhang ZhongjingGeneralist and Primary Care Physicians← Previous1…121314ConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,213 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. Magner, CRC PressContains: Charles Louis Alphonse LaveranContains: William HarveyTu Youyou (Wikipedia)Contains: Tu YouyouView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.