Module 1 Flashcards
attempted to explain disease occurrence from a rational rather than supernatural viewpoint
Hippocrates
Wrote the essay “on airs, waters, and places” which suggested that environmental and host factors influence the developmental of a disease
Hippocrates
published a landmark analysis of mortality
John Graunt
patterns of birth, death, disease occurences
landmark analysis of mortality
William Farr
father of modern vital statistics and surveillance
Father of field epidemilogy
John Snow
pioneer in modern epidemiology
john snow
studied chlorea in london in the 19th century
john snow
spot map =
geographic distribution
descriptive epidemiology
the who, when, where of disease
performed shoe-leather epidemiology
john snow
introduced vaccinations
edward Jenner
found an association between cowpox infected individuals, who seem to be immune to smallpox
edward jenner
In the 1900s epidemiology started including non-infectious health conditions
genetics, violence
created “district nurses”
Florence nightingale
collected data on soldiers and environmental conditions; promoted health and prevented diseases
Flo nightingale
created the term “public health nursing”
lillian wald
promotes, protects, and restores health and prevents disease and disability
Lillian wald
studied effects of asbestos exposure
Doll
traced a paralysis outbreak in Morocco to contaminated olive oil used by the poor
smith & spaulding
investigated effectiveness of Pap smear in the prevention of cervical cancer
clarke and anderson
epidemic medical society
investigated epidemics; rigid examination into the causes and conditions which influence the origin, propagation, mitigation, and prevention of epidemic diseases
the greatest achievement in the history of medicine
the bacterial revolution in 1870s
involved the discovery that sub-microscopic organisms were the main cause for disease
bacterial revolution