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History of Medicine Flashcards

1
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Who stemmed smallpox?

A

Edward Jenner (1796)

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Who is regarded as the father of medicine and in what time period did he practice?

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Hippocrates. 400 BCE

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3
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What did Ambroise Pare use to dress wounds?

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Egg yolk, oil of roses, turpentine

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4
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When was inoculation first used?

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17th-18th century

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5
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What are the three substances of the human body, according to Indian medicine?

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Sprit, phlegm, bile

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6
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What is the symbol for DOs?

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Rod of Asclepius (Greek god of healing and medicine)

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Who demonstrated (publicly) the presence of X-rays and in what year?

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Roentgen. 1896

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8
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Who was the founding father of Indian medicine and first plastic surgeon?

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Sushruta

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What was Vesalius’ great work called and when was it published?

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De humani corporis fabrica (The Structure of the Human Body). 1543

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Who was a proponent of inoculation after witnessing a gypsy inoculate her son?

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Lady Mary Montagu

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Who founded homeopathic medicine?

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Samuel Hahnemann

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12
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When was the American Medical Association formed and why?

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  1. Onslaught of a superior medical system
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What disease was a major problem for Egyptian doctors?

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Schistosomiasis

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14
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Who invents the percussion technique?

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Leopoldo Auenbrugger (1761)

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Who performed human vivisection and in what time period?

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Herophilus and Erasistratus. 300 BCE

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Who describes the circulation of blood and when?

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William Harvey. 1628

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17
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Who was the first obstetrician?

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William Smellie

18
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Who was the first physician known by name?

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Imhotep

19
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When did anesthetics arise?

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13th century

20
Q

Who invented the stethoscope?

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Rene Laennec

21
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Who published the book describing the symptoms patients had before they died?

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Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1761)

22
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Who was the first scientist to observe capillaries and when?

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Marcello Malpighi. 1661

23
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When did acupuncture arise?

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3rd century BCE

24
Q

Who “conquered” scurvy and when?

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James Lind. 1747

25
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What are the 8 treatments of Ayurvedic Medicine?

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Surgery
Tx of disease above clavicle
Internal medicine
Demonic possession
Pediatrics
Toxicology
Prevention and building immunity
Aphrodisiacs
26
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What was Europe’s first medical school and when was it established?

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The school of Salerno. 10th century

27
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What are the six hygiene factors?

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Ambient air
Food and drink
Exercise and rest
Sleep and wakefulness
Retention and evacuation of wastes 
Perturbations of the mind and emotions
28
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What time period did surgery arise and who was the greatest surgeon of this time period?

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16th-17th century. Ambroise Pare

29
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Who replaced Galen’s ideas of anatomy nearly 1000 years later and when?

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Vesalius. 1530’s

30
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When was the modern version of the stethoscope introduced?

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1852

31
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What is the system of traditional medicine that translates to ‘science of life’?

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Ayurveda

32
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What are the four substances of the human body, according to Greek medicine?

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Blood
Phlegm
Black bile
Yellow bile

33
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Who brought medical knowledge from Tunisia to Europe?

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Constantine the African

34
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Who discovered oxygen?

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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1794)

35
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Who discovers foxglove from witnessing patient’s use of the herb? What is it commonly called?

A

William Withering (1785). Digitalis

36
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When did Galen’s teachings become established?

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2nd century CE

37
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Who first described asthma and when?

A

Aretaeus. 100 CE

38
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Who wrote the first illustrated manual of surgery?

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Abul Kasim

39
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Who used magnetic healing?

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Franz Mesmer

40
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When did blood transfusions first occur?

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Late 1660s

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