History of Medicine

Who is the father of medicine?

• Pare

• Hippocrates

• Nightingale

• Blackwell

Used acupuncture and herbal remedies to treat illness?

• Chinese

• Greeks

• Romans

• Egyptians

The Re-birth of science and medicine?

• Dark Ages

• 16th 17th & 18th

• 20th Century

• Renaissance

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

• Microscope

• Bifocals

• Xrays

• Stethoscope

New therapies used by the Greeks were___________

• Prayer and ceremonies

• Massage and art therapy

• Psychology and counseling

• Acupuncture and bloodletting

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

• Middle ages

• Dark Ages

• Renaissance

• Egyptians

The Romans developed ________to prevent disease.

• Printing press
• Sanitation system
• Apothecaries
• Vaccine

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

• Yellow Fever
• Polio
• Bubonic plague
• Diabetes

What event marked the beginning of the dark ages?

• The Great Flood
• The fall of the Roman Empire
• The War of 1812
• The Battle of the Bulge

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