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History of Medicine
Based on Mrs. Driscoll's class
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Marie Curie | Isolated radium in 1910 |
| Gregory Mendel | Established the patterns of heredity |
| Edward Jenner | Developed a vaccine for smallpox 1796 |
| William Harvey | Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart |
| Romans | Began public health and sanitation systems |
| Discovered x-rays in 1895 | William Roengten |
| The father of medicine | Hippocrates |
| Discovered pencil in 1928 | Sir Alexander Flemming |
| Artist who used dissection to draw the human body | Leonardo Da Vinci / Michael Angelo |
| Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and use of medicine was prohibited. | Dark Ages |
| Clara Barton | Founded the American Red Cross in 1881 |
| Egyptians | Earliest people known to maintain accurate health results |
| Louis Pasteur | Pasteurized milk / "germ theory". |
| Used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion | Chinese |
| Developed the culture plate to identify pathogens | Robert Koch |
| Florence Nightintale | Founder of modern nursing |
| Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery | Joseph Lister |
| Gabriel Farenheit | Created first mercury thermometer |
| Developed polio vaccine in 1952 | Jonas Salk |
| Rhazes | Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material. |
| Oncogene | Gene from the DNA that shows a cancer disease. |
| (Dark Ages) What was the cause of illness? | Demons / supernatural spirits / punishments from the gods. |
| (Dark Ages) What was their method of cure? | Prayer / divine intervention |