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History Of Medicine
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Clara Barton | Founded the American Red Cross in 1881 |
| Chinese | Used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion |
| Marie Curie | Isolated radium in 1910 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | Artist who used dissection to draw the human body |
| Dark Ages | Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited |
| Egyptians | Earliest people known to maintain accurate health programs |
| Gabriel Fahrenheit | Created the First mercury thermometer |
| Sir Alexander Flemming | Discovered pencillin in 1928 |
| William Harvery | Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart |
| Hipprocrates | The father of medicine |
| Edward Jenner | Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796 |
| Robert Koch | Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens |
| Joseph Lister | Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery |
| Gregory Mendel | Established the patterns of heredity |
| Florence Nightingale | Founder of modern nursing |
| 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 |
| Romans | Began public health and sanitation systems |
| Jonas Salk | Developed the polio vaccine in 1952 |
| James Lind | discovered the need for vitamin c in a diet |
| Ignaz Semmelweis | made the connection between bacteria and infenction |
| Dr. Horace Wells, William Morton, & Crawford Long | all three doctors claim to have discovered anesthesia |
| Karl Landsteiner | discovered the four blood types, A,B,AB,O |
| Adreas Vesalius | investigated anatomy by disecting bodies |
| Luk Montagnier and Robert Gallo | Montagnier~ Virologist, 2008 Nobel prize for discovering AIDS Gallo~ AIDS research, HIV, antiviral drug therapy |
| Gerhard Domagk | discovered Sulfa drugs in 1935 |
| Michael Bishop & Harold Varmus | researched and discovered cancer causing genes |
| Sir Frederick Grant Banting, Charles Best, and John James Rickard Macleod | studied how insulin affects the body |
| Howard Florey & Erns Chains | purified pencillin |
| What did ancient people think was the cause of diseas and illness? | Evil spirits, demon's, and god's punishments |
| List 4 things Hippocrates stressed to help the body heal itself? | Good diet, cleanliness, clean water, good sanitation |
| What is the Rod of Asclepius? | Asclepius is the God of medicine and healing |
| In the dark ages, what was the main method used to treat illnesses and dieases? | Stressed prayers |
| List at least 4 diseases that shortened the life span of individuals in the Middle Ages? | small pox, typhus, scurvy, bubonic plague |
| Why was dissection a major advance in health care during the Renaissance? | helped people understand the parts of the body |
| What was the significance of the invention of the microscope in 1666? | to see organisms too small for the human eye to see |
| What did apothecaries use to make many of the medications in the 17th century? | Plants & herbs |
| Why was the invention of the stethoscope in 1819 important? | it allowed to listen to internal body sounds; knowledge of body |
| Identify 4 women who made important contributions to the advance of health care. | 1. Clara Barton: found the red cross in 2. Florence Nightingale: founder of modern nursing 3. Marie Carie: isolated radium 4. Dorothea Dix: superintendent of female nursed in the army |
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