Medicine Through Time

Why was Alexander Fleming's discovery so important in the 20th century?

• Fought infections

• Showed mentally sick need help

• Gave hope to people with severe heart damage

• Allowed physicians to see inside the body

Who is the father of medicine?

• Pare

• Hippocrates

• Nightingale

• Blackwell

The Re-birth of science and medicine?

• Dark Ages

• 16th 17th & 18th

• 20th Century

• Renaissance

In which century were the first antibiotics developed?

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th

The invention of what diagnostic instrument confirmed diseases were caused by microorganisms, not angry Gods?

• Microscope

• Bifocals

• Xrays

• Stethoscope

Acceptance of dissection of the body, invention of the printing press, and a renewed interest in medicine:

• Middle ages

• Dark Ages

• Renaissance

• Egyptians

What disease occurred during the Middle Ages that killed 75% of the population in Europe and Asia?

• Yellow Fever
• Polio
• Bubonic plague
• Diabetes

Trephining was used in primitive times for headaches, insanity, epilepsy. One might remark:

• You have a hole in your head

• Do I look like my mother?

• You must have rocks in your head

• You have a hole in your heart

What does miasma mean?

• disease spread through bad air
• disease spread through good smells
• tiny bacteria
• things that need to be balanced

Which individual developed the idea of observing symptoms?

• Sydenham
• Vesalius
• Harvey
• Pare