History Of Medicine Flashcards

1
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Universe began…

A

13.7 B years

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2
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Earth began..

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4.54 B years

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3
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Human beings existed for..

A

5-8 M years

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4
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Method of dating where archaeologists and geologists study how much isotope is contained in an artifact

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Radiometric dating

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5
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Ancient life is preserved in layers of rocks 200 years ago

A

Stratigraphy

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6
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Era where aquatic life began on earth; reptiles

A

Paleozoic

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7
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Era of jurassic period, first mammals

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Mesozoic

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8
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Era: age of the mammals

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Cenozoic

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9
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Epoch: where ice age and continental drift happened

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Pleistocene

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10
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Epoch of the human race

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Holocene

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11
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Characteristics of the modern human

A

Good pelvic structure and better brain

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12
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Fully mature humans started ___ years ago

A

50,000 years ago

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13
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Science of the diseases that can be demonstrated in human and animal remains of ancient times

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Paleopathology

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14
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Factors that can cause pseudo pathologic conditions

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Soil
Weather
Preservation of human body

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15
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Age when fire was discovered

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Stone age (Paleolithic)

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16
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Age when humans are domesticated, making use of huts and villages; dense population

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New Stone Age (Neolithic)

17
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Age when humans depended on staple crops

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New stone age

18
Q

Age with surgical procedures of trepanning, amputation, mutilation of sex organs, were used

A

New Stone Age

19
Q

Life expectancy in primitive medicine

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25-40 years

20
Q

Ways of regarding the sick and Disable

A
Kindness and acceptance
Elders commit suicide during famine
Eskimos send folks out on ice insheltered
Cannibalism
Becoming shaman
21
Q

Yellow plants were used to treat:

A

Jaundice

22
Q

Hairy plants were used to treat:

A

Baldness

23
Q

Thisler plants were used to treat:

A

Sore throat

24
Q

Used for sutures

A

Tendon strips

25
Q

Describe trepanny

A

Process of craniotomy where holes are made to the skull to let out bad spirits

26
Q

Process where the father goes through acts like bearing a child to draw away bad spirits that may harm mother and baby

A

Couvade

27
Q

Procedure where the uterus is pulled out after giving birth

A

Crede’s procedure

28
Q

Procedure where fluid obtained from blisters are injected to prevent small pox

A

Variolation

29
Q

Modern medicine adopted form ancient times:

Blue Lotus:______

A

Ecstacy

30
Q

Modern medicine adopted form ancient times:

Cannabis:______

A

Marijuana

31
Q

Modern medicine adopted form ancient times:

Colchicine: ______

A

Treatment for gout

32
Q

Modern medicine adopted form ancient times:

Ephedrine: ___________

A

Minimize bleeding

33
Q

Modern medicine adopted form ancient times:

Henbane: _______

A

Hyocyamine (sedative)

34
Q

Modern medicine adopted form ancient times:

Opium: _____

A

Morphine (Pain medication)

35
Q

Modern medicine adopted form ancient times:

Salycylic acid : _________

A

Fungal infection of the skin

36
Q

Modern medicine adopted form ancient times:

Blue Magic : ______

A

Heroine

37
Q

Modern medicine adopted form ancient times:

Mandrake : _______

A

Scopolamine (hallucinogen)

38
Q

Modern medicine adopted form ancient times:

Quinine : ___

A

Treatment for fever and malaria