Ancient Medicine
This ancient civilization kept the first accurate health records.
Who were the Egyptians?
William Harvey discovered this in the 1600s.
What is the circulation of blood in the body?
The use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical care at a distance is called this.
What is telemedicine?
This type of technology uses computer systems to create body parts or medications.
What is biotechnology?
He is known as the "Father of medicine".
Who is Hippocrates?
This civilization used therapies such as acupuncture and believed in the need to treat the whole body.
Who were the Chinese?
This invention in the 17th century allowed physicians to see microorganisms.
What is the microscope?
Services like home health care and telemedicine fall under this trend.
What is cost containment?
This system focuses on preventing disease rather than treating it.
What is wellness care or preventive care?
This scientist developed antiseptic methods to prevent infection during surgery.
Who was Joseph Lister?
This Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine" and stressed the importance of observation, diet, and hygiene.
Who was Hippocrates?
Edward Jenner developed this in 1796.
What is the smallpox vaccine?
This trend involves using methods such as acupuncture, meditation, and herbal remedies.
What is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)?
This biotechnology studies cells that are capable of becoming any of the specialized cells in the body. (Skin, muscle, nerve)
What is stem cell research?
He is known as the "Father of Microbiology" and developed the germ theory of disease.
Who was Louis Pasteur?
This ancient civilization introduced public health and sanitation systems like aqueducts and sewers.
Who were the Romans?
Florence Nightingale is famous for establishing what profession as respectable and essential?
What is modern nursing?
These are (2) reasons for high health care costs.
What are technological advancements and the aging population?
This biotechnology uses specific tests to check for the presence of inherited genes known to cause disease.
What is genomic or genetic testing?
He discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind and founded psychoanalysis.
Who was Sigmund Freud?
During this period, the study of medicine was prohibited and prayer was used to treat illness.
What is the Dark Ages?
Alexander Fleming discovered this in 1928. (name)
What is the first antibiotic? (penicillin)
This biotechnology uses a person's genetic makeup to choose drugs and drug doses that are likely to work best for that individual.
What is Pharmacogenomics?
He invented the stethoscope in 1816.
Who was René Laënnec?