History of Medicince Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Isolated radium in 1910 | Marie Curie |
Established the patterns of heredirty | Gregory Mendel |
Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796 | Edward Jenner |
Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart | William Harvey |
Began public health and sanitation systems | Romans |
Discovered X rays 1895 | William Roentgen |
Father of medicine, developed an organized system | Hippocrates |
Discovered penicillin in 1928 | Sir Alexander Fleming |
Artist who used dissection to draw the human body | Leonardo da vinci |
Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited | Dark ages |
Founded american red cross in 1881 | Clara Barton |
Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records | Egyptians |
Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria | Louis Pasteur |
developed culture plate method to identify pathogens | Robert Koch |
Founder of modern nursing | Florence Nightingale |
Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery | Joseph Lister |
Created the first mercury thermometer | Gabriel Fahrenheit |
Developed the polio vaccine in 1952 | Jonas Salk |
An Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material | Rhazes |
When did most advances in medicine happen? | 20th Century |
Discovered bifocals | Benjamin Franklin |
What did ancient people think was the cause of disease and illness? | Supernatural spirits and demons |
4 things Hippocrates stressed to help the body heal itself | Good diet, fresh air, cleanliness, and exercise |
What is the Rod of Aesculapius? | Greek symbol associated with medicine and healing |
In the dark ages, what was the main method used to treat illness and disease? | Monks and priests stressed prayer to treat illness and disease |
4 diseases that shortened the life span in the middle ages | smallpox, typhoid, tuberculosis, malaria |
Why was dissection a major advance? | Physicians could now view body organs and see the connections between different systems in the body |
What was the significance of the invention of the microscope in 1666? | This allowed physicians to see organisms that are too small for the human eye |
What did apothecaries use to make many of the medications in the 17th century? | plants and herbs |
Why was the invention of the stethoscope in 1819 important? | This invention allowed physicians to listen to internal body sounds, increased knowledge of the human body |
4 woman who made important contributions to the advance of health care in the 19th century | Clara Barton, Florence Nightingale, Dorthea Dix, Elizabeth Blackwell |
used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion | Chinese |
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