principles of health science, midterm review Flashcards
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
father of microbiology
Benjamin Franklin
Made biofollicle glasses
Clara Barton
Founder of Red Cross
Edward Jenner
vaccination for smallpox
Elizabeth Blackwell
First female physician
Florence Nightingale
Founder of nursing
Francis Creek and James Watson
Found DNA structure
Gabriel Fahrenheit
First thermometer
Gregory Mandel
Principles and patterns of heredity
Hippocrates
Father of medicine
John Salk, and Albert Sabin
polio vaccine
Joseph Lister
Carbolic acids
Lewis pasture
Microorganisms cause
Marie Currie
radium and Polonium
rene laennec
Stethoscope
Robert koch
Culture plate method
Sigmund Fred
Pioneer psychology
Sir Alexander Fleming
Penicillin
William Harvey
Blood circulation
primitive times
Herbs and plants to use as medicine
Ancient Egyptians
Earliest people to maintain accurate health records
Ancient Chinese
Cure spirit, and nourish the body
Ancient Greeks
Begin modern medical sciences
Ancient Romans
Began public health and sanitation systems
Dark ages
Prayer and divine intervention used to treat illness
Renaissance
Rebirth of science of medicine
18 century
Medical advancements
19th century
Industrial revolution
20th and 21st century
rapid growth in healthcare, HIPPA