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health care chp. 1&2
test vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Clara Barton | Founded the American red cross in 1881 |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Artist who used dissection to draw the human body |
| Gabriel Fahrenheit | created the first mercury thermometer |
| Sir Alexander Fleming | Discovered penicillin in 1928 |
| Hippocrates | The father of medicine |
| Joseph Lister | Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery |
| Florence Nightingale | founder of modern medicine |
| Louis Pasteur | Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria |
| Rhazes | An arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material |
| William Roentgen | Discovered X-rays in 1895 |
| Anton Van Leeuwenhoek | invented the microscope |
| Rene Laennec | invented the stethoscope |
| Elisabeth Garrett Anderson | first female physician in great Britain |
| Elizabeth Blackwell | First female physician in the US |
| Buddy | first seeing eye dog in the US |
| Long-term care | provide assistance and care mainly for elderly patients |
| emergency care | provide special care for accidents or sudden illness |
| mental health care | deal with mental disorders and diseases |
| industrial health care | health centers located in large companies or industry's |
| dental offices | offices owned by one or more dentists |
| laboratories | perform specific tests |
| home health care | provide care in patients home |
| rehabilitation facilities | provide physical, occupational, and other therapies |
| genetic counseling | check for genetic abnormalities and birth defects |