hist of healthcare Flashcards
what was used for relieving muscle spasms in GI
belladonna and atropine from poisonous nightshade plant
what was used from poppy and why
opium to relieve severe pain
what group was first to keep records
egyptians
what groups was superstitious and called upon gods
egyptians
Egyptian temples were used for
worship, med schools and hospitals
which egyptians could read medical knowledge from God thoth
priests
in Egypt, priests were
doctors
in egypt, magicians were
healers
in Egypt, demons caused
disease
in Egypt, how were prescriptions written
papyrus
Egyptian medical practices still used today
circumcision, enemas, closing wounds, setting fractures
what group avoided medical practice
jews
jews concentrated on health rules concerning-
food, cleanliness, and quarantine
what did pre-hippocratic practice enforce for jews
banned quackery, enforced day of rest
what group was first to study disease
greek
what group researched and eliminated superstition
greek
what group discovered that spread of disease was prevented by proper sanitation
greek
what are the three characteristics of Hippocrates (greek)
- no dissection, only observations
- careful notes of symptoms
- disease not caused by supernatural
what did Hippocrates do
wrote standards for ethics, now used for medical
who developed sanitation system after greeks
romans
first groups to organize med care
romans
army medicine
romans
which groups room in doctors house became first hospital
romans
which group had established housing and flood control
romans
years of middle ages
800-1400AD
years of dark ages
400-800AD
epidemics of dark and middle ages
bubonic, diphtheria, measles, small pox, syphilis, typhoid fever, tuberculosis
health hazards of 1945-1975
obesity, neuroses, lung cancer, hypertension
1945-1975 had increased
medical costs and disintegrating families
in ancient Greece it wasn’t acceptable to
dissect a body
1st anatomy book publishing date
1538
length blood vessels would reach if lined up
16,000mi
who discovered heart was one way valves (circulation)
harvey
what were used in surgeries to keep blood circulating
surgical clamps
who divided blood into 4 main groups
Karl Landsteiner
ether is
alcohol and sulfuric acid
who had first public anesthesia surgery
William morton
what did queen victoria use in childbirth
chloroform
“x” in x-ray
unknown
T or F x ray was accepted w/o controversies
T
what percent of mom’s died in ward where physicians delivered babies
7
when student physicians in Vienna ___________ maternal deaths dropped
washed hands
what marks beginning of modern medicine
Pasteur germ theory
what business was immune to small pox
dairy industry
what disease led to smallpox vaccine discovery
cow pox
what did citrus prevent
scurvy
1st antibody (antibiotic)
penicillin
what saved pres Roosevelt’s son
prontosil
closest animal match to human insulin
cow
how many Americans rely on insulin for diabetes
13 million
What does virus do
infects host cell, reproduces, and takes control of normal function
the DNA from a _______ gets incorporated into our genes
virus
