Ancient Medicine
This culture developed acupuncture
Who are the Chinese?
A disease that affects many people, spreads rapidly, infecting a certain area or population.
What is an Epidemic?
This person created a vaccine for rabies as well as a sterilization process for milk, which bears his name. (Name)-ization
Who is Louis Pasteur?
This father of antiseptic surgery now has a mouthwash named after him.
Who is Joseph Lister?
Peter Hernandez is the real name of this pop singer. But if you call him that, he might Uptown Funk you up.
Before advancements in medicine, people often attributed disease and sickness to these.
What are demons, spirits, angry gods, astrological events, life forces, etc...?
This plague killed between 30-60% of Europe!
What is the Bubonic Plague?
She formed the American Red Cross during the civil war, treating soldiers on the front lines.
Who is Clara Barton?
This doctor discovered some diseases were being caused by pathogens, or disease producing microorganisms.
Who is Robert Koch?
This fruit is Radioactive
What is a Banana?
This civilization sent physicians with their armies to tend to wounded
Who are the Romans?
This region/civilization prospered during the Dark/Middle ages of Europe, leading to advancements in anatomy, ophthalmology, pharmacology, physiology, and surgery.
What are Islamic/Arab Civilizations?
She was the first female doctor in the US (1849) and helped her sister open the Women's Medical College in NY
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
The founder of modern nursing, she demonstrated the critical roll of nurses and established a nursing school at St. Thomas Hospital in London, 1860
Who is Florence Nightingale?
These 4 states are not technically states, but rather commonwealths. (Hint: All are east of the Mississippi River)
An oath named for this man is a promise made by all physicians to practice ethically and honestly.
Who is Hippocrates (Hippocratic Oath)?
If you needed your teeth pulled, bloodletting, surgery, or amputation, you would go see this person.
Who is the Barber-Surgeon?
This husband/wife pair worked to improve X-ray technology as well as use radiation to treat cancer
Who are Pierre and Marie Curie?
Watson, Crick, and Wilkins won the Nobel Prize for discovering DNA, but this woman contributed significantly to their research.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This is the only know poisonous MAMMAL
What is a Platypus?
This Greek surgeon performed brain and eye surgeries not attempted for another 2,000 years!
Who is Galen?
This Jewish philosopher and physician first described medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hepatitis, and pneumonia.
Who is Maimonides?
This man developed X-ray technology and a unit of measurement was named after him
Who is Wilhelm Roentgen?
This doctor began the practice of hand washing before delivering babies and saw mother fatalities decline
Who is Dr. Semmelweis?
The name given to a day on Mars, which is 24hs 37min. Instead of calling it a "day", NASA calls it this...
What is a Sol?