Public Works & Sanitation
Ancient Romans constructed these two massive public structures to promote sanitation and clean water.
What are Sewers and Aqueducts?
The medical pioneer credited with discovering the smallpox vaccine.
Who is Edward Jenner?
The two scientists who discovered the double-helix structure of DNA.
Who are Watson and Crick?
The primitive surgical procedure that involved drilling a hole directly into the skull.
What is trepanation?
In medical terminology, Latin word roots are primarily used to describe these.
What are body parts?
The ancient civilization that built public bathhouses and aqueducts to maintain population hygiene.
Who are the Romans?
The scientist who discovered the world's first antibiotic, penicillin.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
The century in which the double-helix structure of DNA was discovered.
What is the 20th century?
The Renaissance encouraged human dissection over this practice to better understand human anatomy.
What is animal dissection?
In medical terminology, Greek word roots are primarily used to describe these two things.
What are diseases or therapies?
She is famous for founding the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
He developed antiseptic techniques to kill germs and prevent surgical infections.
Who is Joseph Lister?
The major 21st-century health project James Watson helped launch decades after discovering DNA's shape.
What is the Human Genome Project?
The medical technology invented in the 20th century (1970s/1980s) that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to image soft tissue.
What is an MRI?
The 2010 healthcare reform law that expanded insurance coverage across the United States.
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
Florence Nightingale proved that enforcing these conditions in hospitals drastically reduced patient death rates.
What are clean and/or sanitary?
The French scientist who proved microorganisms cause food spoilage, helping establish Germ Theory.
How is Louis Pasteur?
The century in which CRISPR gene editing technology was developed.
What is the 21st century?
The ancient physician often called the "Father of Sports Medicine" for his work treating gladiators.
Who is Galen?
The maximum age a young adult can remain on their parents' health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
What is 26?
The field of healthcare established and modernized by Florence Nightingale.
What is Modern Nursing?
The century in which the culture plate was invented to isolate and identify pathogens.
What is the 19th century?
The 1895 discovery that made modern CT scans possible.
What is an X-Ray?
The modern medical field that directly evolved from 17th-century apothecaries.
What is Pharmacy?
The term for a sudden disease outbreak that remains restricted to a specific local region.
What is an epidemic?