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Not much is known about this ancient physician, the first we know of, though he did design the first pyramid.
Who is Imhotep?
This is the location of the first known physician
What is ancient Egypt?
This disease was the first to have a vaccination.
What is smallpox?
This term means “to cut”
What is anatomy?
This medical book was the first to display images of the human body rather than just text.
What is The Fabric of the Human Body?
This physician’s work was followed for centuries, even though it was filled with many errors.
Who is Galen?
This is where the world’s greatest library was located before it burned to the ground.
What is Alexandria?
This is the general category name for substances used to kill pain during surgery.
What is anesthesia?
The Latin root of this word means cow.
What is vaccination?
This book was all about the circulatory system (blood).
What is On the Motion of the Blood?
Leeuwenhoek was the greatest maker and user of simple lens microscopes. This was his biggest discovery.
What is microscopic life?
Black Death killed as many as 1 in 3 in this large area.
What is Europe?
Louis Pasteur is credited for developing this scientific theory.
What is the germ theory of disease?
This is the process of gently heating to kill harmful microorganisms.
What is pasteurization?
Louis Pasteur prayed and read a little from this book every day.
What is the Bible?
He was responsible for bringing nutrition to the medicine table with his discovery that citrus was an essential component of our diet.
Who is Dr. Lind?
Louis Pasteur was born in this country.
What is France?
This wonder drug is doctors’ best weapon for fighting infections (that our book mentioned).
What is penicillin?
The root of this word means “life”.
What is vitamin?
This is not a book, but rather a statement that doctors agree to that states guidelines for honorable standards of action.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
Son of a wealthy tailor, this man was not a doctor but rather a scientist who discovered cathode rays.
Who is William Crookes?
This is the country where the first heart transplant took place.
What is South Africa?
Joseph Lister developed this type of surgery which excludes germs from the operating room.
What is antiseptic surgery?
These important rays were named after the term for “unknown” in math.
What are X-rays?
Florey and Chain were offered a research grant and read medical journals to find a way to kill disease. They stumbled upon the paper of this man, which led to the discovery of penicillin.
Who was Alexander Fleming?