Week 1 - (DON'T HAVE TO KNOW)

Question 1

Hippocrates

Answer 1

1. Father of medical research
2. 400 BC
3. Wrote 3 articles on epidemiology:
   – Epidemic I
   – On Airs, Waters and Places
   – Epidemic III
4. Coined the terms ‘epidemic’ and ‘epidemiology’
5. Determined and described diseases which occurred in specific
   places at specific time periods
6. Introduced for the first time the concept of the ‘risk factor’ and
   suggested that each disease is caused by different risk factors

Question 2

James Linds