Important History Flashcards
Who is the first woman to receive a DO degree?
Jeanette Bolles
Why do we have to remember the name WIlliam Budd?
Because he figured out that Cholera came from a specific well in Bristol.
Who is the past DO Surgeon General of the Army that we have to know?
Lieutenant General Ronald R Blank, DO
(His last name is blank, he was in the army, idk there is a mnemonic there somewhere)
When did AT Still return to the farm and have all of his kids die?
1864
Who isolated Anthrax?
Robert Koch
(This dude was actually a badass of microbiology)
When did the “California Incident” occur?
1961
When did the first state legally licence DO’s?
What state was it?
1896
Vermont
Who was the first minority AOA president?
Marcelino Oliva
When did the last state to license DO’s do so?
What was the last state to license DO’s?
1973
Mississippi
When was the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery established?
(KCU precursor)
1916
When were DO’s accepted as equal to MD’s in the millitary?
1963
Who is the Father of Antiseptic Surgery?
Joseph Lister
Who was the first female dean of a medical college?
Barbara Ross-Lee DO
Who was William G Anderson?
Big physician in the civil rights movement. Works at AT Still now.
What year did the first Osteopathic School open?
1892
American School of Osteopathy
Who “invented” handwashing in clinics?
Ingaz Semmelweiss
When was the Banner of Osteopathy “flung to the breeze?”
June 22 1874 @ 10AM
What year did the following things happen:
AT Still thrown out of the church
AT Still presents his ideas to Baker University
First recorded Osteopathic Treatment in Macon Missouri
1874
(Same as the banner, so easy to remember)
What were AT Still’s parents named?
Abraham and Martha
What female DO worked in histology and postulated the connective tissue model of somatic dysfunction?
Louisa Burns
(Skin burns)
What did John Snow know?
He knew where a cholera outbreak came from in London, because he traced it using epidemiology.
When were DO’s allowed to serve in the military?
When were DO’s accepted as equal to MD’s?
When were DO’s drafted as medical officers?
1957
1963
1967
(These are the big military dates, just remember 7, 3, 7.)
