Primitive Times-Middle Ages
What plant was given to strengthen and slow heart rate?
Foxglove
The first formal training program for nurses was developed by:
Florence Nightingale
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
_____: application of needles or pressure at specific points on the body in order to cure pain or disease.
acupuncture
What agency responds when there is an outbreak of West Nile Virus in North Carolina?
CDC
Which time period did the bubonic plague occur?
Middle ages
Why was the invention of the printing press important to health care?
information could be spread more easily (books)
The ____ regulates food and medications sold to the public.
In primitive times, insanity, epilepsy, and headaches were treated by drilling a hole in the skull. This procedure is called:
trepanation
____: the most common form of plague in humans during the Middle Ages.
bubonic plague
In primitive times, people believed that the cause of disease and illness was:
punishment from the Gods
_____: an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects.
microscope
Insulin is a drug discovered in the 20th century to treat:
Diabetes
_____: a method used to perserve a corpse from decay.
embalming
Whose theories are still taught in psychology classes today?
Sigmund Freud
___doctors treated illnesses and performed ceremonies to drive out evil spirits
witch
What device helps physicians listen to sounds inside the body?
stethoscope
A blind person is eligible for _____a state-administered insurance assistance program.
Medicaid
____: public health conditions related to clean drinking water and adequate treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage.
sanitation systems
_______: the partial sterilization of a product to make it safe for consumption.
pasteurization
Time period when people made tools from a mixture of metal alloys:
Bronze age
The acceptance of human body dissection, and a renewed interest in the science of medicine, both occurred during the:
Renaissance
_____refers to the practice of caring for patients remotely when the provider and patient are not physically present with each other.
telemedicine
_____: the surgical removal of some of a patient's blood for therapeutic purposes.
bloodletting
_____: the study and treatment of mental illness.
psychiatry