Important Figures
Who is considered the “Father of Medicine”?
Answer: Hippocrates
Who is Hippocrates
Roman doctors often gained experience treating whom?
Who are soldiers / gladiators?
Which civilization developed aqueducts and sanitation systems?
Who are the Romans
What term describes measures like sanitation, clean water, and disease prevention?
Public Health
What oath, still referenced today, comes from Ancient Greece?
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
Who was the Egyptian god of medicine and healing?
Who is Imhotep?
Name one common medieval treatment for the plague.
What is bloodletting / prayer / herbal remedies?
In which century did the Black Death strike Europe?
What is the 14th century?
What visual tool did Snow use to track disease cases?
What is a map?
What material were many Egyptian medical texts written on?
What is papyrus?
Which Roman doctor expanded Greek medical ideas and influenced medicine for centuries?
Who is Galen?
Removing which object helped stop the cholera outbreak in the Broad Street?
What is the Broad Street pump handle?
Greek doctors believed health depended on the balance of what four substances?
What are the four humours?
Why is Florence Nightingale considered a pioneer of modern medicine?
What is her use of data, hygiene, and professional nursing standards?
What early practice involved cutting the skull open to release evil spirits?
Trepanation
Which nurse is known as the founder of modern nursing? She invented the first nursing school.
Who is Florence Nightingale
Which century saw the discovery of vaccines and the development of nursing?
What is the 19th Century
Which ancient civilization first kept health records?
Who are the ancient Egyptians
What major achievement reduced death rates in wars due to improved hygiene and nursing care?
Florence Nightingale's reforms
What was used in the Dark Ages to “treat” illness by driving out evil spirits?
Prayer and Exorcism
Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
Who is Alexander Fleming
What did Wilhelm Roentgen invent in 1895?
What is X-ray.
Which natural substance did Egyptians commonly use to treat wounds because of its antibacterial properties?
What is honey?
Which disease was eradicated worldwide by 1980 through vaccination?
Smallpox
What important change in thinking did Hippocrates bring to medicine?
What is the idea that illnesses have natural causes rather than divine ones?
Who linked cholera outbreaks in London to contaminated water?
Who is John Snow?
What discovery proved microorganisms cause disease?
What is Germ Theory (Louis Pasteur)
Which medical theory, used in Ancient Egypt, explained illness as the result of blocked channels carrying fluids through the body?
What is Blockage Theory?
What did Edward Jenner develop in 1796?
The smallpox vaccine
Why were Roman public health systems more developed in cities than in rural areas?
What is because cities were crowded and needed better sanitation?