Early Beginnings / Ancient Times
In the early beginnings (3000 BC), healthcare was largely based on ____________.
Superstition
The decline in knowlege in the dark ages led people to believe that disease was caused by?
God (divine intervention)
In Europe, anatomical theaters promoted education and allowed people to watch what medical procedure happen?
Dissections
Alexander Fleming discovered this first antibiotic, which reveloutionzed the treatment of baterial infections.
Penicillin
This is the use of technology to remotely diagnose and treat patients.
Telemedicine
Herbal medicines like willow bark was used for pain and lead to the discovery of which medicine we use today?
Aspirin
Monks provided basic care mostly using?
Herbal medicines
What is disease was the first vaccine developed for?
Smallpox
This discovery in 1895 allowed doctors to see inside the human body without surgery
X rays
The development of this type of vaccine is characteristic to the 21st century? Used in Covid-19 vaccines
During the Ancient times (3000 BC - 500 AD)"The Father of Medicine"
Hippocrates
Which time period is know for the rebirth of medical knowledge?
The renaissance
Who developed the first vaccine?
The Germ Theory of Disease developed by Louis Pasteur in the mid 1800s proved that microorganisms cause disease and led to his procedure on food products to prevent contamination.
Pasteurization
Allows for editing of genes, with potential applications in treating genetic disorders
CRISPR technology
Which ancient civilization built aqueducts, sewers, and public baths, which helped reduce spread of disease?
Ancient Romans
This person made detailed anatomical drawings which contributed to the understanding of the human body and its functions.
Leonardo da Vinci
In the 16th centure, William Harvey discovered what feature of the heart?
That it acts like a pump
This invention allowed for painless surgery using ether and chloroform to sedate patients.
Anesthesia
Which period is hippocrates from?
Ancient Times
The Hippocratic Oath was developed in the ancient times by Hippocrates and is still upheld by physicians today to define right and wrong conduct in medicine, which is also called ____________.
Ethics
What invention during the Renaissance led to the wide distribution of medical texts?
The printing press
What surgical technique was used in the 18th century that helped reduce death from blood loss?
Tying off blood vessels (ligatures)
Polio and Measles
The first vaccine was developed in which century?
18th century