List of physicians

Physician

A physician (pronunciation: /fɪˈzɪʃən/), also known as a medical doctor or simply doctor, is a professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

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Etymology

The term "physician" comes from the Old French physicien (healer, physician) and directly from Latin physicius (a natural philosopher).

Related Terms

• Medicine: The science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
• Doctor: A qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician.
• Health: A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
• Disease: A particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not due to any immediate external injury.
• Injury: Damage to the body caused by external force.
• Mental Impairment: Any mental disorder, such as an anxiety disorder, mood disorder, or psychotic disorder.

List of Physicians

• Hippocrates: An ancient Greek physician who is often referred to as the "Father of Medicine".
• Galen: A prominent Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher in the Roman Empire.
• Avicenna: A Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, thinkers, and writers of the Islamic Golden Age.
• Andreas Vesalius: A 16th-century anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body).
• Edward Jenner: An English physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.
• Florence Nightingale: An English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.

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