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Decks in this class (14)

WEEK 1 (History of Medicine)
What is paleopathology,
The pathology of fossil mammals i...,
The bones of cave bears of the pl...
19  cards
WEEK 2 (Medicine in Mesopotamia)
What happened in mesopotamia,
What were the diseases that thriv...,
What did irrigation and farming r...
35  cards
WEEK 3 (Medicine in Ancient Egypt)
Why were the sheperds of the anus...,
Which organ did the ancient egypt...,
Why were pest control officers co...
30  cards
WEEK 4 (Medicine in Ancient India)
What were the two great periods i...,
Medicine of the vedic period,
What were the healthcare principl...
19  cards
WEEK 5 (Medicine in Ancient China)
Who are the three emperors that m...,
What is the importance of fu xi,
What is the importance in the rei...
43  cards
WEEK 6 (Medicine in Ancient Greece)
What was the importance of theodo...,
What was successive about the gre...,
What were the aspects of greek cu...
51  cards
WEEK 7 (Medicine in Ancient Rome)
What was important regarding hygiene,
Where was greek medicine established,
What did the methodic school emph...
28  cards
WEEK 8 (Arabic Medicine)
What was the age of translations,
Which city was called city of tra...,
What were the cities of scholarship
29  cards
WEEK 9 (Medieval Medicine)
Describe early medieval medical t...,
Describe medicine during the dark...,
Towards the end of dark ages ____...
34  cards
WEEK 10 (Renaissance Medicine)
Describe renaissance medicine,
What are the correlations between...,
Doctors apothecaries and painters...
26  cards
WEEK 11 (17th century)
When was the discovery of the cir...,
The first suggestion of the exist...,
In the west the first hint was gi...
37  cards
WEEK 12 (18th century)
What did almost all scientist and...,
Which categories did herman boerh...,
What is herman boerhaave known for
25  cards
WEEK 13 (19th century)
Who is john snow,
John snow found the source of whi...,
What was the centre of medical in...
40  cards
WEEK 14 (20th Century)
Apart from certain types of cance...,
Which types of fields developed i...,
The rapid progress of medicine wa...
42  cards

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