Unit 1 History of Health Care

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believed that illness and disease caused by supernatural spirits and demons

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primitive times

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earliest people to maintain accurate health records

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Ancient Egyptians

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Religious prohibitions against dissection resulted in inadequate knowledge of the body structure.first to use acupuncture

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Ancient Chinese

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began modern medical science by observing human body and effects of disease

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Ancient Greeks

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called the father of medicine

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Hippocrates

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dissected animals and is called the founder of comparative anatomy

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Aristotle

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first to organize medical care by providing care for injured soldiers

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Ancient Romans

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established many medical beliefs. considered dissection as key to understanding the human body

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Claudius Galen

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medicine was only practiced in convents and monasteries

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Dark ages

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renewed interest in the medical practice of Greeks and Romans

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middle ages

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worldwide epidemic

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pandemic

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rebirth of the science of medicine

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Renaissance

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studied and recorded the anatomy of the body

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Leonardo da Vinci

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First anatomy book was published by

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Andreas Vesalius

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described the circulation of blood to and from the heart

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William Harvey

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invented the microscope in 1666

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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identified the Fallopian tubes in the female

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Gabriel Fallopius

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identified the Eustachian tube leading from the ear to the throat

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Bartolomeo Eustachio

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early pharmacists. made, prescribed, and sold medication

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apothecaries

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became the first female physician in the United States

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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discovered the element oxygen in 1774

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Joseph Priestley

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invented bifocals for glasses

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Benjamin Franklin

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developed a vaccination for smallpox in 1796

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Edward Jenner

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discovered the importance of hand washing

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Ignaz Semmelweiss

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invented the stethoscope

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Rene Laennec

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was the founder of modern nursing. opened the first school or nursing

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Florence Nightingale

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founded the American Red Cross

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Clara Barton

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created rabies vaccine and pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria

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Louis Pasteur

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started using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery to prevent infection in 1885

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Joseph Lister

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developed asepsis

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Ernest von Bergmann

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father of microbiology. culture plate methods to identify he tuberculosis bacteria

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Robert Koch

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discovered the X-ray

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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discovered the effect of medicine on disease-causing microorganisms

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Paul Ehrlich

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studies formed the basis for psychology and psychiatry

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Sigmund Freud

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classified ABO blood groups

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Carl Landsteiner

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discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes

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Frederick Banting and Charles Best

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discovered Penicillin

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Sir Alexander Fleming

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developed the polio vaccine

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Jonas Salk

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used a live polio virus vaccine

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Albert Sabin

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described the molecular structure of DNA

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Francis Crick and James Watson

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preformed the first successful heart transplant in 1968

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Christiaan Barnard

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was identified as a disease in 1981

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AIDS