History of Healthcare

Question 1

In ancient times, illness and disease were thought to be a punishment from the _____

Answer 1

gods

Question 2

Western treats _______

Answer 2

your symptoms

Question 3

Holistic treats _______

Answer 3

your body as a whole

Question 4

Who discovered acupuncture?

Answer 4

The Chinese

Question 5

What is acupuncture used for to this day?

Answer 5

To treat chronic pain and infertility

Question 6

Who was the first to record health records?

Answer 6

The Egyptians

Question 7

Who introduced the concept of diagnosis and prognosis?

Answer 7

The Egyptians

Question 8

What were the Greeks known for?

Answer 8

Good diet and cleanliness. They built aqueducts and sewers.

Question 9

What did the Romans do?

Answer 9

Created hospitals and invented many surgical instruments

Question 10

What time period was the Dark and Middle Ages

Answer 10

400CE-1400CE; slightly after the fall of the Roman Empire

Question 11

Study of medical sciences ______ dramatically during the Dark and Middle Ages

Answer 11

SLOWED

Question 12

What is Trepanation?

Answer 12

Drilling a hole in the skull believed to relieve pressure and help treat epilepsy, headaches, and insanity.

Question 13

The Bubonic Plague also known as the “Black Death” killed __% of the population in Europe and Asia

Answer 13

75, Seventy-five

Question 14

Renaissance means:

Answer 14

REBIRTH

Question 15

When did they begin using the scientific method?

Answer 15

The Renaissance

Question 16

When was the microscope invented?

Answer 16

The Renaissance

Question 17

Mid 1800’s Morphine from the ____ plant began to be used in the treatment of pain

Answer 17

POPPY

Question 18

What time period did formal training for nurses begin?

Answer 18

19th Century (Industrial revolution)

Question 19

When was the stethoscope invented?

Answer 19

The industrial Revolution

Question 20

When were pathogens discovered?

Answer 20

The Industrial Revolution

Question 21

When were insurance plans developed?

Answer 21

20th century and beyond

Question 22

When was x-ray technology discovered?

Answer 22

20th century and beyond

Question 23

Hippocrates is known as the “Father of ____”

Answer 23

Father of MEDICINE

Question 24

Leonardo Da Vinci did what?

Answer 24

Used dissection to draw the human body

Question 25

Who was the first to recognize and describe full circulation of blood in the body?

Answer 25

William Harvey

Question 26

Who is credited with developing the first microscope?

Answer 26

Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 27

Who is known for developing the small pox vaccine?

Answer 27

Edward Jenner

Question 28

Who is known as the founder of nurses?

Answer 28

Florence Nightingale

Question 29

In 1881, ____ formed the American Red Cross

Answer 29

Clara Barton

Question 30

Louis Pastuer developed _____

Answer 30

PASTEURIZATION (using heat to break down pathogens)

Question 31

Who developed an effective antiseptic in carbolic acid?

Answer 31

Joseph Lister (Father of antiseptic surgery)

Question 32

Who developed x-rays?

Answer 32

Wilhelm Rontgen

Question 33

Who discovered Penicillin?

Answer 33

Sir Alexander Flemming

Question 34

____ discovered the first vaccine for Polio

Answer 34

Jonas Salk