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Known for his serpent-entwined staff, who was the ancient Greek god of medicine?

Asclepius

 

Much revered for his ethical standards in medical practice, which ancient Greek physician was born on the island of Cos in 460 BC?

Hippocrates

 

Known as the founder of formal logic as well as his pioneering study of zoology, which ancient Greek philosopher and scientist was born in Stagira in 384 BC?

Aristotle

 

'Natural History' was the celebrated work of which Roman savant?

Pliny The Elder

 

Ptolemy was an astronomer, mathematician and geographer born in which country in 100 BC?

Eygpt

 

Which physician, writer and philosopher born in Pergamum became one of the most well renowned doctors in the Roman Empire following his important discovery that arteries carry blood?

Galen

 

Which Iranian born physician composed both the Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine, among some of the most famous books in the history of medicine?

Avicenna

 

Known as Doctor Mirabilis, which English Franciscan philosopher and educational reformer was a major proponent of experimental science and the first European to describe in detail the process of making gunpowder?

Roger Bacon