History of American Medicine

Question 1

When was the Great Flu Pandemic?

Answer 1

1918-1919

Question 2

Where was A.T. Still granted an M.D. degree?

Answer 2

Kirksville, Missouri

Question 3

What happened after the flexnor report was published in 1910?

Answer 3

Up to 50% of American medical schools closed

Question 4

Who is the father of antiseptic surgery?

Answer 4

Joesph Lister

Question 5

Who performed the first surgical operation using ether?

Answer 5

Crawford Long (1842)

Question 6

The popular health movement advocated what four things?

Answer 6

Regular bathing
Fresh air
Exercise
Diet

Question 7

Who was the first female surgeon in the US Army?

Answer 7

Mary Walker, M.D.

Question 8

When did Still promote the idea to open the American School of Osteopathy?

Answer 8

1874

Question 9

Who led the popular health movement?

Answer 9

Sylvester Graham

Question 10

When and where was the first M.D. degree awarded?

Answer 10

1770. King’s College

Question 11

What were the first two states to license D.O.s (in order) and in what year?

Answer 11

Vermont, North Dakota. 1896

Question 12

When did A.T. Still die?

Answer 12

December 12th, 1917

Question 13

What were the first four principles of osteopathic medicine?

Answer 13

The body is a unit
Structure and function are reciprocally related
Body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms
Body has inherent capacity to defend/repair itself

Question 14

The popular health movement denounced what five things?

Answer 14

Improper dress
Sexual permissiveness
Gluttony
Medication
Unhealthy foods

Question 15

Who is the father of psychiatry and signer of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 15

Benjamin Rush, M.D.

Question 16

When was Johns Hopkins University founded?

Answer 16

1893

Question 17

When was the Mayo Clinic created?

Answer 17

1889 (due to a tornado)

Question 18

What was not among Still’s original principles?

Answer 18

OMT

Question 19

When did the American School of Osteopathy graduate its first students?

Answer 19

1894

Question 20

Who was responsible for Osteopathy moving to Europe?

Answer 20

John Martin Littlejohn (1917)

Question 21

Who earned their degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and was married to Abraham Jacobi (father of American pediatrics)?

Answer 21

Mary Corinna Putnam, M.D.

Question 22

Who founded the Botanic Medical College?

Answer 22

Samuel Thompson (1840)

Question 23

When was the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy started and by who?

Answer 23

1899. O.J. Snyder and Mason Pressly

Question 24

In America, how did most physicians learn medicine?

Answer 24

As apprentices in the colonies (18th century)

Question 25

What is the actuarial response?

Answer 25

Higher insurance rates for physicians due to the ability to prescribe and diagnose

Question 26

When did Still open the American School of Osteopathy?

Answer 26

1892

Question 27

When was the A.A.A.O. Founded?

Answer 27

1897

Question 28

Which medical college was the first in the world to grant degrees to women?

Answer 28

Female Medical College of Pennsylvania (founded in Philadelphia in 1850)

Question 29

When OMT was performed during the Great Flu Pandemic, what did the mortality rate drop to (among those patients)?

Answer 29

0.25%

Question 30

Who founded osteopathic medicine?

Answer 30

Andrew Taylor Still

Question 31

Who was the first woman to gain a medical degree in the US?

Answer 31

Elizabeth Blackwell (1849)

Question 32

What was the California Merger and when did it occur? What was the outcome?

Answer 32

D.O.s were given the option to “buy” an M.D. degree for $65. 1962. DO/MD recognized as equal (1963)

Question 33

When was the Medical College of Philadelphia founded and which university did it become affiliated with?

Answer 33

1765. University of Philadelphia

Question 34

When was the California Osteopathic Association charter revoked?

Answer 34

1960-1961