Healthcare Heroes
Father of Medicine
Who is Hippocrates
This medical advancement allowed us to see microscopic organisms
What is the microscope?
Acupuncture was developed during this time period
What is Ancient Chinese?
The person who transformed hospitals and nursing care.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Pharmacists were known as....
What are apothecaries?
She discovered radium and polonium
Who is Marie Curie?
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?
He discovered the world's first antibiotic
Who is Alexander Fleming?
This healthcare advancement is still used today as a medicinal pain reliever and goes by the name morphine
Opium
During this era, the sanitation system was developed
What is Ancient Roman?
The Father of Surgery
Who is Ambroise Pare?
A set of standards and ethics to be followed by all physicians
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
Without her, Watson and Crick couldn’t have built the correct model of DNA.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
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?
Refused to patent his vaccine so everyone could afford it.
Who is Jonas Salk?
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?