HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF HEALTH CARE Flashcards

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Times where Illness and disease caused by spirits and demons

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Primitive

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2
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Treated illness with ceremonies to drive out evil spirits

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Tribal Witch Doctors

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3
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Believed body was a system of channels (ducts)

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Ancient Egyptians

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4
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First Doctor, God of Healing

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Imhotep

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5
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Also used leeches to cure infections

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Ancient Egyptians

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6
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Large Egyptian compilation of medical texts

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Ebers Papyrus

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7
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To relieve pain and congestion

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Acupuncture

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8
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Father of Medicine

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Hippocrates

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9
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High standard of ethics

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Hippocratic oath

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10
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Dissected animals, founder of Anatomy

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Aristotle

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11
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First to provide medical care for injured soldiers

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Ancient Romans

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12
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To carry clean water to cities

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Aqueducts

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13
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To carry waste away from cities

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Sewers

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14
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Doctor of gladiators

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Claudius Galen

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15
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Spread with air

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pneumonic

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16
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caused by bites

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bubonic

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17
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First human anatomy book creator

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Andrea Versailus

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18
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First human anatomy

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De humani corporis fabrica/ On the Fabric of Human Body

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19
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Early form of therapy, first known surgery: drilling the skull

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Trephining

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20
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Surgical instrument

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Trocar

21
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FATHER OF MODERN SURGERY

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AMBROSE PARE

22
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DISEASE RIDDEN AIR

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PESTILENTIAL ASTHMA

23
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DESCRIBED CIRCULATION TO AND FROM THE HEART IN 1628

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WILLIAM HARVEY

24
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MICROSCOPE

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ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK

25
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THERMOMETER

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GABRIEL FAHRENHEIT

26
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A type of thermometer that can be placed under the tongue or in the rectum to measure slight temperature changes indicating that ovulation has taken place in a woman

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BASAL THERMOMETER

27
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DEVELOPED VACCINATION FOR SMALLPOX

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EDWARD JENNER

28
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ACTED AS SURGEONS

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FRENCH BARBER

29
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FIRST BLOOD TRANSFUSION

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1818

30
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STETHOSCOPE; FATHER OF THORACIC MEDICINE

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RENE LAENNEC

31
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FIRST FEMALE PHYSICIAN IN THE US

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ELIZABETH BLACKWELL

32
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MODERN NURSING

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FLORENCE NIGTHINGALE

33
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Disinfectants and antiseptics

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Joseph Lister

34
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Pasteurized milk, created rabies vaccine

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Louis Pasteur

35
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Discovered viruses

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Dmitri Ivanofski

36
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Discovered x-rays

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Wilhelm Roentgen

37
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Reasonable degree of care

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Standard of care

38
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Classified ABO blood group

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Carl Landsteiner

39
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formed the basis for psychology and psychiatry

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Sigmund Freud

40
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Pap Smear

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George Papanicolaou

41
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Developed polio vaccine

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Jonas Salk

42
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structure of DNA

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Francis Crick and James Watson

43
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Used to create cross-sectional images

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CAT SCAN

44
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developed CAT scan in 1975

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George Hounsfield

45
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conjoined twins

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Ben Carson

46
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cloned sheep

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Dolly

47
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Who cloned the sheep

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Ian Wilmut

48
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First identified disease on 1981

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AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)