History of Epi Flashcards
1
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James Lind
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first planned clinical trial
goal: prevent scurvy
used 12 sailors with scurvy
citrus fruit helped
2
Q
Dudley, England
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home of cholera
3
Q
Who is the father of epi?
A
John Snow
4
Q
John Snow
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suggested cholera was contagious disease and spread by contaminated water
5
Q
miasmatic theory of disease
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inhaling vapors close to sea level caused sickness
6
Q
John snow designed the first…
A
modern epi study
examined cholera and water consumption door to door found water supplier companies
7
Q
Edward Jenner
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small pox vaccine
noticed dairy maids developed milder cowpox and then couldn’t get smallpox
8
Q
Semmelweis
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hand hygiene intervention
decreased maternal mortality
9
Q
new goal of epidemiology
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shift to prevention
