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Hx of Medicine

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What role did the Romans play on the hx of medicine?   began the use of public health and sanitation systems  
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Who was Jonas Stalk?   founder of the the polio vaccine in 195  
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Who began using antiseptics during surgery?   Joseph Lister  
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who was the 'father of medicine"?   Hippocrates  
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who developed a vaccine for small pox in 1796?   Edward Jenner  
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founder of modern nursing?   Florence Nightingale  
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What did Benjamin Frankiln do?   invented biofocals and studied how people got sick  
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when was Penicilin discovered? by who?   1928, Sir alexander flemming  
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which two artsists drew a human body using dissection?   Micheal Angelo, Leonardo Davinci  
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when was the American Cross founded? by who?   1881, Clara Barton  
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what is a retro virus?   any of a family of sinle stranded RNA viruses that produce reverse transcripase by menas of which DNA is synthesized using their RNA as a a template and incorporated into the genome of in fected cells, often tumorgenic including those of HIV  
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Define Oncogene   a gene having the potential to cause a normal cell to become cancerous  
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Compare and Contrast bacteriostatic and bactericidal   bacteriocidal- destroying bacteria bacteriostatic- growth of bacteria without destruction  
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whats the germ theory and who is credited for it?   Louis Pasteur, discovery that infections and diseases result from an microrganisms action.  
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define Apothecories   person who prepares and sells drugs for medical purposes  
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whats another word for germ?   pathogens  
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what is a germ?   a specific causative agent of disease  
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define transfusion   process of tranfusing blood or fluid into a vein or artery  
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how are vaccines usually administered by?   through an injection  
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define disease   impairment of the normal state of a body or parts that interupt the perfomance of the vital functions and is a respoinse to enviormental factors  
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define anatomy   a branch of morphology dealing with the structure of organisms  
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how can we prevent disease?   washing our hands  
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who suggested we wash our hands to prevent disease?   ignaz semmelueis  
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hen was AIDS discovered?   1980s  
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who invented xrays?   wilhelm roentgen  
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does Hiv cause Aids/   yes, aids is a retro virus aswell  
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who discovered aids?   Luk Montagnier and Robert gallo  
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what are the 4 blood types?   A,AB,B,O  
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what was the first antibiotic ever/   Penicilin  
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