Week 1: Introduction To Community And Public Health Flashcards
This includes guidelines in isolation of Lepers
Leviticus 15:11-18
This includes laws for physicians and health practices
Code of Hammurabi
A person suffering from leprosy
Leper
Archeological findings that provide evidence of sewage disposal and written medical prescriptions
Prior 2000 B.C.E
When was the Bible’s Book of Leviticus written?
Circa 1500 B.C.E
What is perhaps the earliest written record of public health?
Code of Hammurabi
They were involved in the practice of community sanitation
Greeks
They improved the community sanitation of Greeks
Romans
They created hospitals as infirmaries for slaves
Romans
They created hospitals as benevolent charitable organizations
Christians
When was the fall of the Roman Empire?
476 C.E
Most public health activities were ceased in the ____________
Fall of Roman Empire
Notable epidemics: The Black Death
543-1348
Notable epidemics: Leprosy
1200
Notable epidemics: Syphilis
1492
Considered as the Dark Ages
500-1000 C.E
Spiritual era of Public Health
The Dark Ages in Europe
What did John Graunt publish in the year 1662?
Observations on the Bill of Mortality
The beginning of vital statistics
Observations on the Bill of Mortality
Plaque epidemic killed ___% of London’s population in _______
15; 1665
Who introduced the smallpox vaccine?
Edward Jenner
When was the smallpox vaccine introduced?
1796
What century was characterized by industrial growth?
18th century
What is the theory that postulated that miasmas were the source of many diseases
Miasmas Theory