Historic Medicine
The "Father of Medicine" after whom the Physician's oath is named
Hippocrates
The organ system made of arteries and veins that deliver blood to and from the heart
The circulatory system
Name the "Father of Microbiology", who disproved spontaneous generation and discovered several vaccinations for rabies and Anthrax
Louis Pasteur
Term for a cardiovascular condition characterized by an irregular or abnormally fast heartbeat, a type of arrhythmia
Atrial fibrillation
Several outbreaks of this disease have occurred world-wide; including in 541, 1347, and 1894 AD
Bubonic Plague/Black Death
Ancient civilization that was advanced in their knowledge of anatomy and practice of medicine and surgery, much of which was learned through preparing bodies for the afterlife.
The Egyptians/Ancient Egypt
One of the most common surgeries removes this organ, which mediates immune response, but has been found to be unnecessary to modern humans' survival
Appendix
The first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, who also trained several nurses to help during the Civil War
Elizabeth Blackwell
Disease in which the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin or the body becomes resistant to insulin production, causing dangerous fluctuations in blood sugar levels
Diabetes (Type I and II)
A pandemic that killed an estimated 50 million people between 1918 and 1919
Spanish Influenza
A popular medieval theory for the cause of all diseases, pertaining to the body's different fluids and their balance (blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm)
The Four Humors theory
The organ that produces bile, aids digestion, and plays a part in protein synthesis; early signs of damage to this organ include jaundice
The liver
An American physician who famously separated two infants conjoined at the head, became the youngest chief of pediatric surgery, and won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008
Ben Carson
An obsolete practice that was used to cure people with "fits" or temperament issues, involving the removal of parts of the brain, which can cause severe mental and physical impairments
A Lobotomy
A lethal disease with a mortality rate that reached 80% in some regions, which wreaked havoc on West Africa between 2013 and 2016
The Ebola Virus
The Renaissance artist, scientist, and amateur mortician who often dissected human cadavers and vastly improved on knowledge of human skeletal and muscular structures, famously seen in The Vitruvian Man
Leonardo Da Vinci
A small organ next to the stomach that regulates the amount of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets
The Spleen
English physician who discovered the vaccine for smallpox and many other inoculations
Edward Jenner
A malignant disease that causes the production of abnormal leukocytes, which can suppress the production of normal blood cells and cause anemia and rapid infection of other organs
Leukemia (blood cancer)
A common disease that killed millions in the Americas, notably the indigenous Taíno in Hispaniola (modern day Haiti/DR)
Smallpox
Greek physician whose theories on anatomy dominated the medical world for 1500 years (although many were later disproven)
Galen
An organ smaller than the one of a similar-sounding name that sits above it; part of an older evolutionary structure, it regulates balance and helps with motor function and muscle memory
The Cerebellum (part of the brain)
An English physician who published his discoveries in germ theory and pioneered antiseptic surgery.
Joseph Lister (Listerine :0)
A disease, which can affect the skin and peripheral nerves to the point of erosion and deformation, that was considered a divine punishment for sin in Biblical times for its then incurability
Leprosy
A disease contracted through the bacterium Salmonella Typhi that killed an estimated 50,000 in the Civil War, spread through contaminated water and food sources
Typhoid fever