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When an accident happens and we get hurt, suffer from some illness, or have minor conditions like a cold, then it's necessary to go to a specialist who treats us and tells us how we can recover. Do you know who that specialist is? That's right, a doctor.

Doctors are people whose job is to give the patient a diagnosis about their health and take measures to fight against whatever is affecting it. That's why when we feel sick the best thing is to go to a trusted doctor.

Sometimes we feel so bad and we don't know why! Well, a doctor would give us the answers we need, in addition to instructions on how to take care of ourselves and what to do to improve our state of health. That's why they are so important for society.

So, if you dare to color the doctor drawings that we bring for you, you'll learn a great deal about this profession, because we attach fun facts on top of the printable coloring images, so that you'll gain new knowledge in a fun way.

Quick! Don't let this opportunity pass you by, you'll see that you'll have fun coloring and learning at the same time.

1. In the United States the practice of medicine dates back to colonial times, at the beginning of the 17th century.
2. The "New Jersey Medical Society" was the first organization of medical professionals in the USA, established in 1766.
3. Elizabeth Blackwell in 1868 founded a Medical University for women.
4. Metrodora was a Greek doctor, author of the oldest known medical book written by a woman.
5. December 3 is celebrated as "International Doctors' Day" in memory of the Cuban doctor Carlos J. Finlay, discoverer of the Aedes aegypti, transmitter of yellow fever.
6. Gertrude Belle Elion was an American biochemist who in 1988 received the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for her research on key principles, development, and treatment of medications.
7. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in the whole world to manage to practice the profession of doctor, qualified in 1849, after having been rejected by 10 medical schools.
8. Merit Ptah was for a long time considered the first female doctor to have existed, she came from Ancient Egypt, and recent research affirms that she never existed, and that it was a case of a mistaken concept.
9. Hippocrates is considered the first great doctor. He lived in Ancient Greece, more than 2,400 years ago.
10. Hippocrates, the first great doctor, who lived in Ancient Greece, required his students to make an oath in which each doctor swore to help the sick, to always protect life, and to keep the secret of an illness.
11. Today, doctors make the "Hippocratic oath" as principles that guide doctors when practicing their profession. This tradition dates back to Ancient Greece.
12. In Mexico, 70% of doctors are part of the public sector, and the rest work in private institutions.
13. The Roman emperor Vespasian freed doctors from military service with the aim of motivating citizens to become doctors.
14. In Egypt, when a doctor performed a successful operation on a nobleman, he received ten kilos of silver, which was equivalent to 450 days of work for a carpenter.
15. The doctors at an Israeli hospital took a seed that had germinated out of a girl's ear. How crazy!
16. When the Roman emperor Vespasian freed doctors from providing military service, the number of professionals in this field increased. So much so that, in the year 160, Antoninus Pius was forced to limit the number of public doctors.
17. John Snow was a very important English doctor, because he discovered that the cholera outbreaks that appeared in London in 1854 were due to the contamination of the city's water with fecal material.
18. Edward Jenner was one of the most important doctors in history, because he was the one who developed the first vaccine in history. Amazing!
19. The song "Stayin Alive" by the Bee Gees provides the ideal rhythm that should be followed when doing CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation).
20. Alexander Fleming was a British bacteriologist who dedicated his life to investigating how the human body's defenses fought infections.
21. Edward Jenner in 1796 developed the world's first vaccine, by inoculating an eight-year-old child with cowpox material taken from the hand of a milkmaid.
22. Before the 15th century the profession of surgeons was practiced by barbers. How crazy!
23. Penicillin was the first antibiotic and it was discovered by chance in 1928, when Alexander Fleming was working with bacteria cultures.
24. In the 19th century, a clergyman from Pennsylvania had his teeth explode, and some time later more cases like that arose, which remain unsolved.
25. One of the strangest medical cases that exist is "werewolf syndrome", with 40-50 documented cases around the world since its discovery.
26. One of the most famous doctors who ever existed was Sigmund Freud, an Austrian doctor specialized in neurology, and considered the father of psychoanalysis.
27. The anatomist surgeon John Hunter bought the body of Charles Byrne, the "Irish giant", because he measured 2 meters and 30 centimeters. His skeleton was exhibited in several museums.
28. The doctors of the black plague were valued, therefore, they received privileges, such as performing autopsies, something that was forbidden in Medieval Europe.
29. The Japanese surgeon, Mitsuo Yoshimura, is a specialist in transplanting toes and fingers to the yakuza (Japanese mafia) who violated the code of loyalty and suffered the consequences.
30. The doctors who attended the victims of the black plague, in the 17th century, covered themselves from head to toe and wore a beaked mask that was filled with aromatic substances and straw.
31. The aromatic substances that were used in the beak of the outfit worn by the doctors of the black plague served to protect the doctor from the bad miasmatic air.
32. The uniform worn by the doctors of the black plague was created by Charles de Lorme, a physician who attended to the medical needs of many members of European royalty.