HISTORY OF HEALTH CARE Flashcards
An imaging modality that creates cross-sectional images of the body. It can show the soft tissues, blood vessels, and bones in various parts of the body
Computed Tomography or CT,
What is the particular event that happens in 1818?
Blood Transfusion
Consider as the God of Healing and 1st doctor in Egypt
Imhotep
It checks if any cells in your cervix have been affected by Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
Pap smear
A disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population, or region.
epidemic
Refers to the reasonable degree of care, a person should provide to another person, typically in a professional or medical setting.
standard of care
Describe the circulation of blood to and from the heart in 1628
William Harvey
The creator of the first Human Anatomy book.
Andrea Vesalius
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
basal thermometers
A preserved medical documents from ancient Egypt, that contains numerous remedies and magical formulas for various ailments.
Ebers Papyrus
A process in which packaged and non-packaged foods are treated with mild heat, usually to less than 100 °C, to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life.
Pasteurization
The chemical name for the molecule that carries genetic instructions in all living things. The molecule consists of two strands that wind around one another to form a shape known as a double helix.
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
A sworn agreement is made by physicians when they become doctors. It isn’t a law but rather a guiding principle for doctors.
Hippocratic Oath
Hailed as the father of thoracic medicine. His creative genius and tireless dedication to medicine have resulted in much of our modern-day understanding of pathology.
Re Laennec
The year when the x-ray was discovered.
1895
