CH 1 Medical science: History and Practice

The ________ has become the recognized symbol for medicine, depicts a healing staff with two snakes coiled around the staff.

• caduceus
• cadminum
• cactus
• cadacuscus

________ began writing on the topic of blood circulation and using the experimental method in medicine.

• Galileo
• Harvey
• Hunter
• Galen

Who is considered “The Lady with the Lamp”?

• Barb Florencewell
• Clara Barton
• Elizabeth Blackwell
• Florence Nightingale

________ places great emphasis on the relationship between the musculoskeletal systems and the organs of the body.

• Osteopath
• Podiatric
• Optometry
• Pediatric

Who was the first person to observe and describe bacteria as “tiny little beasties”?

• Hippocrates
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• Galileo
• William Harvey

Who developed surgery and surgical pathology into a science (i.e.  “Founder of Scientific Surgery”)?

• John Hunter
• Galileo
• Hippocrates
• William Harvey

________ Greek physician who practiced in Rome, initially followed the Hippocratic method. He stressed the value of anatomy and founded experimental physiology. He stated that arteries contained blood and NOT air as previously believed.

• Galileo
• John Hunter
• Hippocrates
• Galen

Another major advancement in medicine was made by ________ who invented the stethoscope.

• John Hunter
• Rene Laennec
• William Harvey
• Barb Florencewell

________ was an inventor and, in addition to inventing bifocals, one of his important contributions to medical science was the discovery that colds could be passed from one person to another.

• Edward Jenner
• William Harvey
• Ben Franklin
• John Hunter

She established the American Red Cross when she became aware of the need for support services for the soldiers.  She also established the Federal Bureau of Records to help track injured and dead soldiers.

• Jonas Stalk
• Elizabeth Blackwell
• Florence Nightingale
• Clara Barton