history of medicine

Question 1

During the ____ Times people believed that illness and diseases were cause by…

Answer 1

Ancient; evil spirits and demons

Question 2

___ and ___ were plant medications during the…

Answer 2

digitalis and morphine; Primitive times

Question 3

___ is drilling holes in the skull and used to treat….

Answer 3

trepanation; insanity, epilepsy, and headache.

Question 4

____ used papyrus paper to keep …

Answer 4

The Ancient Egyptians; accurate medical records

Question 5

the average lifespan in 3000 BC was….

Answer 5

20-30 years old

Question 6

___ used acupuncture and moxibustion to…

Answer 6

Ancient Chinese; relieve pain

Question 7

___ began medical science by…

Answer 7

Ancient Greeks; observing the human body

Question 8

The Ancient Greeks believed that illness was a result of…

Answer 8

natural causes

Question 9

During 753 BC to 410 AD___ used ___ to provide medical care for injured soldiers.

Answer 9

Ancient Romans; home hospitals

Question 10

During the ___, the study of medicine was prohibited.

Answer 10

Dark ages

Question 11

The Bubonic Plague aka ___, killed___ of the population in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Answer 11

black death; 50%-75%

Question 12

who was the father of medicine

Answer 12

Hippocrates

Question 13

who was the god of medicine

Answer 13

Imhotep

Question 14

founder of modern nursing

Answer 14

Florence Nightingale

Question 15

father of modern genetics

Answer 15

Gregor Mendel

Question 16

Father of immunology; developed a vaccine for small pox in 1796

Answer 16

Edward Jenner

Question 17

1st physician to document full circulation of the blood

Answer 17

William Harvey

Question 18

____ performed the first heart to heart transplant

Answer 18

Christian Barnard

Question 19

___ was discovered in 1928

Answer 19

penicillin

Question 20

___ was discovered in 1922

Answer 20

insulin

Question 21

___ was discovered in 1895

Answer 21

x-rays

Question 22

first surgeon to deliver an infant via C-section

Answer 22

Jesse Bennett

Question 23

___ invented the stethoscope made of wood

Answer 23

Rene Laennec

Question 24

___ invented the microscope

Answer 24

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 25

___ invented the mercury thermometer

Answer 25

Gabriel Fahrenheit

Question 26

founder of comparative anatomy for using dissections to establish structural descriptions of.....

Answer 26

Aristotle; organs and body parts

Question 27

before 4000 BC

Answer 27

Ancient times

Question 28

4000 BC

Answer 28

Primitive times

Question 29

3000 BC

Answer 29

Ancient Egyptians

Question 30

1700 BC

Answer 30

Ancient Chinese

Question 31

1200 BC

Answer 31

Ancient Greeks

Question 32

753 BC - 410 AD

Answer 32

Ancient Romans

Question 33

400 - 800 AD

Answer 33

Dark Ages

Question 34

800 to 1400 AD

Answer 34

Middle Ages

Question 35

1400 to 1500 AD

Answer 35

Renaissance Age

Question 36

used dissection to establish structural descriptions of the human body

Answer 36

Aristotle

Question 37

developed a small pox vaccine in 1796

Answer 37

Edward Jenner