Multiple Choice Questions Flashcards
(40 cards)
The first physician known by name was…
Imhotep
Hippocrates approach to medicine was based on…
Astrology
The ancient Greek goddess of Medicial Herbs was…
Hippocrates
Derived from the bark of the Peruvian tree,
“Jesuit’s powder,” used along with preventive measures, helps keep this disease under
control.
Malaria
Aspirin is made from salicylic acid from the
bark of the _____________________ tree.
Willow
____________________ was the first effective local anesthetic.
Cocaine
Around 3,000 B.C. ________________ established, by trial and error, about 365 herbs
that could be used as health treatments.
Shen Nung (Chinese Emperor)
The __________ from ______ is an 1100
page scroll document containing about 800 prescriptions using 700 drugs mostly derived
from plants.
Papyrus Ebers , 1500 B.C.
The first great book of Indian medicine
describing over 500 herbal drugs that had
been used for centuries was written in…
100 A.D.
The Persian Rhazes who wrote one of the
most popular textbooks of medicine in the
middle ages was a man of science and
An Alchemist
__________ was a(n) ______ physician who
wrote a five volume encyclopedia in _____,
one of which was devoted to natural medicines and another compounding drugs from
individual medications.
Avicenna, Islamic, 1000 A.D.
An authoritative listing of drugs and issues
related to their use is a(an)
Pharmacopeia
____________________________ showed
that heat can be used to kill microorganisms
associated with food spoilage.
Pasteur
______________________ discovered penicillin could kill some bacteria.
Fleming
_________________________ are substances
produced by the body to regulate body functions and processes.
_____________________________ identified
the structure of DNA.
