Healthcare Heroes
Father of Medicine
Who is Hippocrates
This medical advancement allowed us to see microscopic organisms
What is the microscope?
Most rapid growth in advancements in healthcare
The 20th Century
Introduced the acupuncture technique
The ancient Chinese
Pharmacies were known as....
What are apothecaries?
Father of the ovariotomy
Ephraim McDowell
Florence Nightingale began the practice of...
"modern nursing"
During this time period the bubonic plague (black death) killed more than 1/3 of the European population.
What is the Dark Ages?
The thermometer was invented by.....
Who is Gabriel Fahrenheit?
The practice of syncing the mind, body and spirit for the purpose of healing and maintaining good health
What is Holistic Health?
Who is John Hunter?
This healthcare advancement is still used today as a medicinal pain reliever and goes by the name morphine
Opium
HIPPA went into effect in this era
21st Century
The Father of modern Surgery
Who is Ambroise Pare?
A set of standards and ethics to be followed by all physicians
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
Used dissection of the human body to draw a more realistic picture of the human body
Who is Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
This modern medical advancement allowed scientist to discover more than 20,000 genes in the human DNA
What is the Human Genome Project?
During this time period, the first set of conjoined twins were separated
What is the 20th century?
This person developed a vaccination for smallpox
Who is Edward Jenner?
The science of studying the body structure.
What is anatomy?
Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart
Who is William Harvey
This medical advancement allowed physicians and scientist to open the human body
What is dissection?
Louis Pasteur created a vaccination for rabies
What is the 17th century?
In the 20th century, these 2 men identified the DNA structure
Who are Francis Crick and James Watson?
The practice of injecting antigens (or live viruses) for the purpose of preventing the spread of infectious disease.
What is a vaccination?