Ancient
The average life span during the primitive ancient times
What is 20 years?
These people were responsible for providing custodial care for sick people
Who were monks and priests?
Gabriel Fallopius had a hand in discovering and describing these two body parts
What are the fallopian tubes and the eardrum (tympanic membrane)?
The actual years the 19th century refer to
What is 1800-1899?
These two won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for discovering the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid
Who are Francis Crick and James Watson?
These people treated illness with ceremonies to drive out evil spirits
These two artists used dissection to draw the human body more realistically
Who are Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci?
"Father of Modern Surgery" who established use of ligatures to bind, eliminated use of boiling oil for cauterization, improved treatments of fractures, and promoted use of artificial limbs
Who is Ambroise Pare?
These two drugs began being used as an anesthetic by Dr. William Morton in 1846 and Dr. James Simpson in 1847, respectively
What are ether and chloroform?
The life span increased to _________ in the 20th century.
What is 60-80 years?
May have been the first physician
Who is Imhotep?
During the Renaissance, the average life span increased to this range.
What is 30-40 years?
Another word for early pharmacists that made, prescribed, and sold medications
What is an apothecary?
This invention created by this French physician allowed physicians to listen to internal body sounds
(2 Parts)
What is the stethoscope; who is Rene Laennec?
President Clinton signed the __________ Act of 1996 to protect patient privacy and to make it easier to obtain health insurance
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
These people used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion
Who were the Ancient Chinese?
This major epidemic killed almost 75% of the population in Europe and Asia during the 1300s
What is the bubonic plague?
This doctor performed the first successful C-section in 1794
In the 1840s, Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis encouraged doctors to engage in this practice after they performed autopsies and before delivering babies. His idea was received as ludicrous and ended up in an insane asylum.
What is hand washing?
The potential for major advancements in health care in the 21st century is __________.
What is unlimited?
Known as "The Father of Medicine", Hippocrates stressed the importance of these three things
What are observation, diagnosis, and treatment?
The diseases from the Dark and Middle ages are almost _______ today because of:
(2 Parts)
What is 'nonexistent' and 'prevented by vaccines or treated by medications'?
What are muscle fibers, blood vessels, and spermatozoa?
This concept was a major development in the 19th century. Examples include Florence Nightingale developing sanitary nursing units, Joseph Lister creating antiseptic and disinfectants, and Louis Pasteur creating the process of pasteurization.
What is infection control?
What are three potential advancements of the 21st century?
What is (any combination) the cure for AIDS, cancer, and heart disease; genetic manipulation; slowing the aging process; regenerating nerves in the brain and spinal cord; transplants of any human organ; antibiotics that do not allow for pathogen resistance; average life span up to 90-100+ ?