History of Medicine Flashcards
Who stemmed smallpox?
Edward Jenner (1796)
Who is regarded as the father of medicine and in what time period did he practice?
Hippocrates. 400 BCE
What did Ambroise Pare use to dress wounds?
Egg yolk, oil of roses, turpentine
When was inoculation first used?
17th-18th century
What are the three substances of the human body, according to Indian medicine?
Sprit, phlegm, bile
What is the symbol for DOs?
Rod of Asclepius (Greek god of healing and medicine)
Who demonstrated (publicly) the presence of X-rays and in what year?
Roentgen. 1896
Who was the founding father of Indian medicine and first plastic surgeon?
Sushruta
What was Vesalius’ great work called and when was it published?
De humani corporis fabrica (The Structure of the Human Body). 1543
Who was a proponent of inoculation after witnessing a gypsy inoculate her son?
Lady Mary Montagu
Who founded homeopathic medicine?
Samuel Hahnemann
When was the American Medical Association formed and why?
- Onslaught of a superior medical system
What disease was a major problem for Egyptian doctors?
Schistosomiasis
Who invents the percussion technique?
Leopoldo Auenbrugger (1761)
Who performed human vivisection and in what time period?
Herophilus and Erasistratus. 300 BCE
Who describes the circulation of blood and when?
William Harvey. 1628
Who was the first obstetrician?
William Smellie
Who was the first physician known by name?
Imhotep
When did anesthetics arise?
13th century
Who invented the stethoscope?
Rene Laennec
Who published the book describing the symptoms patients had before they died?
Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1761)
Who was the first scientist to observe capillaries and when?
Marcello Malpighi. 1661
When did acupuncture arise?
3rd century BCE
Who “conquered” scurvy and when?
James Lind. 1747
