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Allied Health
Unit 2 Review (Notable People and Healthcare History)
| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| Evil spirits or punishment from a deity | What were sicknesses believed to be caused by during Primitive Times? |
| Medicine man | Who was trusted with the health of the tribe during Primitive Times? |
| Trepanation | What procedure involved boring holes into the skull to cure insanity or epilepsy? |
| 20 years | What was the approximate average lifespan during Primitive Times? |
| Priests | Who were the first physicians in ancient Egypt? |
| Medical records | What type of records were the Egyptians the first known people to create and maintain accurately? |
| Imhotep | Who was the first recorded physician? |
| Pharmacopeia | What did the ancient Chinese create as a medical/herbal encyclopedia? |
| Acupuncture | What technique did the ancient Chinese use to treat pain and congestion of energy channels? |
| Chi | What is the life force that travels through pathways called meridians? |
| Tai Chi | What is the modern exercise most widely associated with the ancient Chinese belief system? |
| Hippocrates | Who is known as the Father of Modern Medicine? |
| Hippocratic Oath | What ethical standard of behavior was created by Hippocrates? |
| Aristotle | Who is known as the Founder of Comparative Anatomy? |
| Rod of Asclepius | What is the actual symbol for medicine? |
| Caduceus | What symbol was originally associated with commerce but is often mistaken for the medical symbol? |
| Hospitals | What did the ancient Romans build to organize and provide medical care? |
| Humors | What four substances did Claudius Galen believe regulated the body? |
| Aqueducts | What structures did the Romans build to carry clean water into cities? |
| Soul | During the Dark Ages, what was the primary emphasis of care? |
| Black Plague | What disease killed approximately three-quarters of the population of Europe and Asia during the Middle Ages? |
| Dissection | What practice during the Renaissance allowed for a better understanding of anatomy and physiology? |
| Printing press | What invention during the Renaissance allowed information to spread more quickly? |
| Smallpox | What disease received a vaccine in 1796? |
| Handwashing | What practice was discovered to be important in preventing the spread of disease during the 19th century? |
| Sistine | What chapel paintings is Michelangelo famous for? |
| Mona Lisa | What painting is Leonardo da Vinci famous for? |
| Ambroise Pare | Who is known as the Father of Modern Surgery and developed methods of suturing to control bleeding? |
| Gabriel Fallopius | Who discovered the fallopian tubes and the tympanic membrane? |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | Who invented the first microscope and is considered the Father of Microbiology? |
| Robert Hooke | Who was the first to observe living things under a microscope in 1665? |
| Gabriel Fahrenheit | Who created the first mercury thermometer? |
| Joseph Priestley | Who discovered the element oxygen in 1774? |
| John Hunter | Who introduced the first feeding tube in 1778? |
| Edward Jenner | Who developed the smallpox vaccine? |
| Robert Boyle | Who is known as the Founder of Modern Chemistry and discovered Boyle's Law? |
| James Blundell | Who was the first to propose blood transfusion, successfully completed in 1829? |
| Rene Laennec | Who invented the stethoscope and is known as the Father of Pulmonary Diseases? |
| Florence Nightingale | Who is known as the Founder of Modern Nursing and wrote Notes on Nursing? |
| Philippe Pinel | Who developed and used humane treatment for people with mental illness? |
| Ignaz Semmelweis | Who discovered the importance of handwashing? |
| Elizabeth Blackwell | Who was the first female physician in the United States in 1849? |
| Joseph Lister | Who developed methods of sanitation and disinfection? |
| Clara Barton | Who founded the American Red Cross? |
| Louis Pasteur | Who proved that microorganisms cause disease and created a vaccine for rabies in 1885? |
| Jonas Salk | Who developed the polio vaccine? |
| Alexander Fleming | Who discovered penicillin in 1928? |
| Francis Crick | Who, along with James Watson, discovered that DNA is a double helix and contains genetic information? |
| Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen | Who is credited with being the first to focus X-rays to gather pictures and won the Nobel Prize in 1901? |
| Frederick Banting | Who, along with Charles Best, discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes in 1922? |
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