Early Medicine
Who is called the Father of Medicine?
Hippocrates
Who promoted handwashing to prevent disease?
Ignaz Semmelweis
Who developed the polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk
Which scientist helped discover DNA structure?
Rosalind Franklin
Who improved sanitation in hospitals?
Florence Nightingale
What body system did William Harvey study?
Circulatory system
What theory explains that microorganisms cause disease?
Germ theory
What medicine did Fleming discover?
Penicillin
What image helped reveal DNA structure?
Photo 51
Which war did Nightingale serve in?
Crimean War
Harvey discovered blood moves through the body in what pattern?
Circulation
Which scientist proved germ theory?
Which scientist proved germ theory?
Penicillin belongs to what type of medicine?
Antibiotics
DNA carries what type of information?
Genetic information
Who founded the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
Hippocrates believed disease had what type of causes?
Natural causes
Which surgeon introduced antiseptic surgery?
Joseph Lister
What do vaccines help the body develop?
Immunity
DNA research helped scientists understand what biological concept?
Genetics / heredity
What type of work does the Red Cross provide?
Disaster relief / humanitarian aid
Before modern medicine, disease was often blamed on what?
Bad air or supernatural causes
What simple practice still prevents infection today?
Handwashing
What disease did Salk’s vaccine prevent?
Polio
DNA structure is often described as a
Double helix
Which nurse helped transform nursing into a profession?
Florence Nightingale