History of Medicine

Question 1

By what factors has Western medicine and Dentistry been spread by?

Answer 1

➢ Mercantile capitalism
➢Colonization
➢Spread of Christianity
➢ Industrial revolution

Question 2

Fill in the blank. “ Pre- historic medicine was based on ______”

Answer 2

Superstition

Question 3

True or False? In pre-historic medicine, treatment was based on magic, rituals, spells, exorcism, roots, barks, herbs etc.

Answer 3

TRUE!!!

Question 4

What was the earliest known dental practitioner in Egypt called?

Answer 4

Hesy-Re

Question 5

Who was the first person to engage in orthopaedic practices (bone settings)?

Answer 5

Imhotep

Question 6

At what time did dentistry originate?

Answer 6

7000 BC during Indus Valley Insudtrialization

Question 7

What era is marked as the beginning of Western Medicine?

Answer 7

Greek/ Roman Medicine/ Dentistry Era

Question 8

Who is known as the Father of Medicine?

Answer 8

Hippocrates

Question 9

Which physician implemented the theory of the four humours (phlegm, blood, black bile and yellow bile).?

Answer 9

Claudius Galenus

Question 10

Who discovered blood circulation and in what year was that done?

Answer 10

William Harvey in 1628

Question 11

Fill in the blank. “ In 1796 , Edward Jenner discovered a vaccination against______”

Answer 11

Smallpox

Question 12

What was the first dental school to be established?

Answer 12

Baltimore College of Dental Surgery

Question 13

Fill in the blank. “ In 1847 ________ used ________ for anaesthesia in surgical operation.

Answer 13

James Simpson & chloroform

Question 14

Who discovered that cholera is spread by water?

Answer 14

John Snow

” Not snow but by water cholera spread”

Question 15

Who isolated the germs causing anthrax, cholera and TB and in what year?

Answer 15

Robert Koch in 1875 – 1885
“ Robert kotch the germs on the slides”
idek if that makes sense lol

Question 16

True or False? Penicillin was discovered by Louis Pasteur while Alexander Fleming discovered a vaccination against anthrax and rabies.

Answer 16

FALSE!! Alexandra Flemming discovered Penicillin while Louis Pasteur discovered the vaccination against anthrax and rabies.

” FlemmING - PenicillIN”

Question 17

What is Endodontics?

Answer 17

Specialty that handles diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the inside of the teeth (pulp chamber, pulp canal and related tissues)

Question 18

What is Periodontics?

Answer 18

Focuses on care, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of tissues surrounding/
supporting the teeth.
“Peri - Prevent”

Question 19

What bacteria caused the bubonic plague?

Answer 19

Yersinia pestis

Question 20

Where does the bacteria Yersinia pestis originate from?

Answer 20

They live in the gut of fleas. Fleas spread the bacteria to rats and humans through bites.

Question 21

Fill in the blanks. During the bubonic plague outbreaks of 1347 – 1700s, the predominant theory among the scientists of the day was that it was caused by______.

Answer 21

Miasma (noxious or unpleasant air, smell or vapour)

Question 22

What is Black Death and how long was it around for?

Answer 22

Black Death was a bubonic pandemic that occurred between 1346 and 1352

Question 23

By Who and how was Scurvy discovered?

Answer 23

James Lind systematically established that deficiency in vitamin C causes scurvy through his experiment with sailors on a voyage

“Lind - Rind from orange(vit c) Scurvy- Sailors”

Question 24

What is the function of the Poor-Law commission?

Answer 24

The commission explored issues of community health and recommended approached for addressing them.

Question 25

What is the purpose of the Molyne commission in Jamaica?

Answer 25

The Commission made several recommendation that would lead to reforms in public health.