People And Centuries Flashcards
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18th Century
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- efforts to adapt to scientific investigations
- obstetrics established as a branch of medicine
- BP studied
- Homeopathy (small doses of drugs)
2
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17th Century
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Advances in the understanding of
- anatomy
- circulation of blood
- lymphatic system
3
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19th Century
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Advances of dx and treatments Many diseases identified Stethoscope Anesthesia X-ray
4
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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
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- Discovered x-ray by accident November 8th 1895
- won Nobel prize in 1901
5
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Christianity
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- Religious influence
- spiritual, mental, and physical healing was NOT differentiated
- founded institutions for the care for the needy
6
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Greece
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- scientific thought to medical theory
- study patient not the disease
- early Greeks used magic and spells
- Hippocrates
7
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China
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- focus on prevention
- cure the spirit,nourish the body
- treated the whole body
- gave medication, used exercise, pt, and massage therapy
- acupuncture
8
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India
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- Believed in the eternal cycle of life
- skilled in surgery (c-section, plastic surgery of the nose, skin graphs)
- understood some of circulation
- used drugs for Anastasia
9
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Egypt
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- took pluses
- studied specimens and the sick
- probed wounds
- big with public health issues and personal hygiene
- thought the heart was the most important part of the body and the brain was useless
10
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Thomas Edison
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Discovered the fluoroscopic screen while looking for marketing X-ray applications
11
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Clearance Dally
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Thomas Edison assistant
-severe radiation damage from repeated exposure to direct radiation during the experimental process of the fluoroscopic screen
12
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William crookes
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Invented glass crook tube which is still used today
13
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Author Willas Goodspeed (William)
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Produced early imagines in 1890 but failed to see the significance in them
14
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Ed Jerman
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- developed first education program for all operates of X-ray equipment
- helped organized first professional society that we still use today ASTR
15
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Emile Grubbe
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- developed first therapeutic application of radiation
- Begging of radiation theory
- 1st to treat breast cancer with radiation
