Chapter 1.2

Question 1

Hippocrates 

Answer 1

“Father of Medicine” , hippocratic oath

Question 2

Aristotle

Answer 2

One of the first philosophers to write about anatomy and physiology

Question 3

Galen

Answer 3

Physician to Roman gladiators, wrote the most influential medical textbook of the ancient era: was not allowed to dissect cadavers so some conclusions are incorrect

Question 4

Maimonides

Answer 4

Jewish physician to the court of the sultan. Highly admired rabbi. Wrote influential medical textbooks

Question 5

Avicenna

Answer 5

Highly regarded Muslim medical scholar. Wrote the canon of medicine: the leading authority in European medical schools for over 500 years

Question 6

Andreas Vesalius

Answer 6

Taught anatomy in Italy; did dissection and was the first to publish accurate illustrations for teaching anatomy (On the Structure of the Human Body

Question 7

William Harvey and Michael Servtus

Answer 7

The first western scientists to realize that blood must circulate continuously around the body, from the heart to other organs and back to the heart again. Harvey: A birth of experimental physiology

Question 8

Robert Hooke

Answer 8

Developed the compound microscope; the first to see and name cells

Question 9

Antony van Leeuwenhoek

Answer 9

Dutch textile merchant, invented a simple single lens microscope. Took biology to the cellular level

Question 10

Cell theory

Answer 10

All organisms are composed of cells

Question 11

Matthias Scheiden and Theodor Schwann

Answer 11

Botanist and zoologist that concluded that all organisms are composed of cells