Chapter 1 Flashcards
He discovered an effective method of vaccination against the smallpox virus.
Louis Pasteur
He was a physician who set out to decrease the mortality resulting from infection after surgery.
Joseph Lister
This physician is know for his research on anthrax. After identifying the organism that caused cholera, he also demonstrated its transmission by water, food and clothing.
Robert Koch
He proved the germ theory, that is that germs are the causes of infectious diseases.
Edwin Klebs
He founded the sisters of Charity in France, an order of nuns who traveled from home to home visiting the sick. He believed that for family members to go to the hospital was disruptive to family life and that taking nursing services to the home enabled health to be restored more effectively.
Saint Vincent de Paul
Who led the reformation in 1517?
Martin Luther
Education for girls, which had been provided by the nuns in religious schools, was lost. Because of the elimination of hospitals and schools, there was no one to pass on knowledge about caring for the sick. Which period was this?
The dark period of nursing
Hospitals called pest houses were created to care for clients with contagious diseases; what was their primary purpose?
To protect the public at large, rather than to treat and care for the clients.
The first true hospital in the new colonies, was called Pennsylvania hospital. By who’s recommendation?
Benjamin Franklin
He became a major figure in the development of the field of public health in Great Britain by drawing attention to the cost of the unsanitary conditions that shortened the life span of the laboring class.
Edwin Chadwick
What report found that more than half the children of labor class worker died by age 5, indicating poor living conditions that affected the health of the most vulnerable. ?
Chadwick Report
What report called for services for well-child care, school age children’s health, immunizations, mental health, health education for all, all health planning?
Shattuck Report
He was credited to being the first epidemiologist. He demonstrated that cholera rates were linked with water pump use in London. He formed the opinion that diarrhea, unwashed hands, and shared food somehow played a large part in spreading the disease.
John Snow
She reformed military health care in the Crimean War and used her political savvy to forever change the way society views the health of the vulnerable, the poor, and the forgotten.
Florence Nightingale
Nightingale never accepted the germ theory, but she demanded 5 other major components of sanitation. What are they?
- Clean dressings
- Clean bedding
- Well cooked, edible, and appealing food
- Proper sanitation
- Fresh air
