History of Healthcare Quiz

The most rapid growth in health care occurred during the 20th century.

• True

• False

A pandemic of the bubonic plague killed three quarters of the population of Europe and Asia during the Renaissance.

• True

• False

In this time period a common treatment was boring a hole in the skull, a process called trepanation.

• Primitive times

• Dark Ages

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

What ancient group began the development of sanitary systems by building sewers and aqueducts?

• Egyptians

• Chinese

• Greeks

• Romans

The ancient Romans believed in the need to treat the whole body by curing the spirit and nourishing the body.

• True

• False

What ancient group first established hospitals established in which physicians began caring for patients in their homes?

• Greeks

• Egyptians

• Chinese

• Romans

What time period is often called the “rebirth of the science of medicine.”

• Dark Ages

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• 17th Century

In Ancient times, what was thought to be the cause of illness/diseases?

• Karma

• Germs

• Predators

• Evil spirits

Who was known as the Father of Medicine?

• Hippocrates

• Robert Koch

• William Harvey

• Aristotle

Who discovered the importance of hand washing after his issues with mothers dying of "child bed fever"?

• Ignaz Semmelweis

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch

• Paul Ehrlich