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LTC-Medical History
People and Events in Medical History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hippocrate | father of medicine; believed that illness was not caused by evil spirits |
| Anthon van Leeuwenhook | invented the microscope |
| Ben Franklin | invented bifocals & found out colds can be spread from one person to another |
| Edward Jenner | smallpox vaccine in 1796 |
| Rene’ Laennec | invented the stethoscope |
| Elizabeth Blackwell | first female physician in United States |
| Louis Pasteur | proved disease caused by microorganisms; pasteurization/rabies vaccine in 1885 |
| Joseph Lister | used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs & first physician to use antiseptic during surgery |
| Clara Barton | Civil War nurse, developed American Red Cross in 1881 |
| Robert Koch | developed the culture plate method to study germs and discovered the bacteria that caused TB |
| Wilhelm Roentgen | discovered x-rays in 1895 |
| Sigmund Freud | studied effects of unconscious mind on the body; studies basis of psychiatry |
| Sir Alexander Fleming | discovered penicillin in 1928 |
| Jonas Salk & Albert Sabin | polio vaccine |
| Francis Crick & James Watson | described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic info; won the Noble Prize in 1962 |
| Christian Barnard | performed 1st successful heart transplant in 1968 |
| William Harvey | described the circulation of blood to from the heart in 1628 |
| Ignaz Semmelweis | encouraged physicians to wash hands before and after autopsies and delivering babies in 1840's; basis of aseptic technique (handwashing) |
| Rhazes | Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material |
| Frederick Banting and Charles Best | discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes in 1922 |
| Ben Carson | 20th century neurosurgeon famous for separating conjoined twins (Siamese twins)& refined surgery to control seizures |
| Florence Nightingale | "Founder of Modern Nursing"; began the professional education of nursing in 1860 |
| Egyptians | Medical contributions of Ancient times: known for creating first health records and structured procedures |
| Ancient Times | Primary medical belief that sickness caused by supernatural beings |
| Babylonians | Medical contributions of Ancient times:first to develop fees for physicians |
| Hindus | Medical contributions of Ancient times:known for having hospitals and many types of surgery |
| Chinese | Medical contributions of Ancient times: 1000 medicinal herbs and acupuncture |
| Ancient Greeks | believed that illness is the result of natural causes |
| Ancient Romans | known for beginning public health by installing great drainage & sanitation systems; first hospitals |
| Renaissance | Reason replaced religion & superstition in medicine; known as the rebirth of the science of medicine; invention of printing press helped spread medical knowledge |
| Industrial Revolution | Link between structure and function in the body is made |
| Modern Era | New technology produced rapid growth in health care |
| 20th Century | First health insurance plans developed |
| 16th, 17th Centuries | First pharmacies (apothecaries) made prescribed and sold medications |
| 1970s | What decade was the first "test tube" baby born in England? |
| 1960s | What decade was birth control pills approved by the FDA? |
| 1980s | In what decade was Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) identified as a disease? |
| Andreas Vesalius | published first anatomy book |
| 2003 | What year was the Human Genome Project was completed |
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