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During the ____ Times people believed that illness and diseases were cause by…

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Ancient; evil spirits and demons

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___ and ___ were plant medications during the…

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digitalis and morphine; Primitive times

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___ is drilling holes in the skull and used to treat….

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trepanation; insanity, epilepsy, and headache.

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____ used papyrus paper to keep …

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The Ancient Egyptians; accurate medical records

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5
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the average lifespan in 3000 BC was….

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20-30 years old

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___ used acupuncture and moxibustion to…

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Ancient Chinese; relieve pain

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___ began medical science by…

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Ancient Greeks; observing the human body

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The Ancient Greeks believed that illness was a result of…

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natural causes

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During 753 BC to 410 AD___ used ___ to provide medical care for injured soldiers.

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Ancient Romans; home hospitals

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During the ___, the study of medicine was prohibited.

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Dark ages

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The Bubonic Plague aka ___, killed___ of the population in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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black death; 50%-75%

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who was the father of medicine

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Hippocrates

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13
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who was the god of medicine

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Imhotep

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founder of modern nursing

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Florence Nightingale

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father of modern genetics

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Gregor Mendel

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16
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Father of immunology; developed a vaccine for small pox in 1796

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Edward Jenner

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1st physician to document full circulation of the blood

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William Harvey

18
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____ performed the first heart to heart transplant

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Christian Barnard

19
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___ was discovered in 1928

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penicillin

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___ was discovered in 1922

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___ was discovered in 1895

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first surgeon to deliver an infant via C-section

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Jesse Bennett

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___ invented the stethoscope made of wood

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Rene Laennec

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___ invented the microscope

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

25
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___ invented the mercury thermometer

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

26
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founder of comparative anatomy for using dissections to establish structural descriptions of…..

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Aristotle; organs and body parts

27
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before 4000 BC

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Ancient times

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4000 BC

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Primitive times

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3000 BC

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Ancient Egyptians

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1700 BC

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Ancient Chinese

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1200 BC

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Ancient Greeks

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753 BC - 410 AD

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Ancient Romans

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400 - 800 AD

34
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800 to 1400 AD

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Middle Ages

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1400 to 1500 AD

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Renaissance Age

36
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used dissection to establish structural descriptions of the human body

37
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developed a small pox vaccine in 1796

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Edward Jenner

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