History Term 4 Flashcards
What does holistic healthcare mean
Looking at the entire person, not just their body. We don’t just look at one piece we look at every thing, like how they think, what makes them happy, how they feel and how they get along with others
What is a indigenous healer also known as
A traditional healer
How do traditional healers provide help to sick people
- HELP THEM SET THEIR MINDS AT REST ( usually they suggest that the sick person and their family take part in a healing ritual )
( Sorry caps was on 🤦♂️ ) - Contacting ancestors ( common ritual Is to burn impepho )
- Use plants to cure illnesses ( they know many hundreds of plants and which illnesses they can cure
How do you become a traditional healer
Healers who use spiritual means to heal are usually called by the ancestors to be healers. They are often called through dreams and illnesses
Who believed Louis Pasteur’s theory of germs was ridiculous fiction and when
Pierre pachet
Who proved that Louis pasture’s theory of germs was true
Edward Jenner, Louis pasture and Joseph lister
Who discovered the vaccine against smallpox
Edward Jenner
What liquids did Louis pasture examine under a microscope
Liquids such as milk and beer
When did Louis pasture write a paper
18 64
What was the paper that Louis pasture wrote about
It said that germs and bacteria were involved in decay and infection
Who discovered the germs that caused cholera and tuberculosis
When
Robert Koch in 1882 and 1883
Who developed the first antibiotic and what was it called
Alexander Fleming developed penicillin ( the first antibiotic )
Why was penicillin called a wonder drug
It killed 60 different germs and saved many lives
What did the Greeks use as an anaesthetic
Opium
What did the Incan surgeons use as an anaesthetic
Chewed up cocoa leaves which they spat into the wound as they worked
Who demonstrated an anaesthetic that the patient inhaled
William Morton
Who introduced the idea that we should wash our hands
Why did he introduce this idea
When did he introduce this idea
Ignaz Semmelweis
He realised that some patients were dying because the student doctors had not washed their hands after cutting up dead bodies in their medical lectures.
He introduced this idea in 1846
When was the first successful blood transfusion
Who did first successful blood transfusion
In 1818
James Blundell
What are X-rays
Electromagnetic rays that can penetrate (break through) thick substances such as skin
What do X-rays allow doctors to do
They allow doctors to see what is happening inside a persons body
How did anaesthetic positively impact surgery
It allowed doctors to work on patients that were not feeling any pain and asleep.
How did knowing germs cause disease positively impact surgery
Doctors realised that they had to take precautions not to spread disease
How did knowing germs were spread by dirty hands positively impact surgery
The doctors realised that they had to wash their hands after cutting up dead bodies. The patients no longer died from the germs that were on the dead bodies
How did antibiotic positively impact surgery
It made it faster to recover from sickness because it killed 60 different germs
