Dynamics Chapter 1 Test

This period of time marked the rise of the first medical universities as Greek and Roman texts were translated and printed using the printing press. This renewed interest in medicine may have been a result of the Bubonic Plague wiping out a large percentage of Europe.

• Prehistoric Times

• The Renaissance

• Medieval Times

• Ancient Times

This period is characterized by a halt in the medical movement as religious beliefs took over and many people sought help from “healers” instead of medical professionals.

• Prehistoric Times

• The Renaissance

• Medieval Times

• Ancient Times

Medical beliefs and practices during this time period were religiously or spiritually based but there was little spread of disease due to small, nomadic communities.

• Prehistoric Times

• The Renaissance

• Medieval Times

• Ancient Times

The first hospitals were seen during this time period as Egyptians, Greeks and Romans all added to the body of medical knowledge.

• Prehistoric Times

• The Renaissance

• Medieval Times

• Ancient Times

A medical opinion about the likely outcome of a condition or disease is known as a:

• sphygmomanometer

• prognosis

• diagnosis

• homeopathy

The _________________ was written in Greece in Ancient Times and serves as the moral and ethical basis for modern day medical regulations and guidelines.

• Ethics of Plato

• The Canon of Medicine

• The Theory f the Body's Interior

• Hippocratic Oath

This historical figure is known as the founder of modern day nursing and is given credit for vastly improving hygiene and sanitation in hospitals, reducing the rate of infections there.

• Florence Nightingale

• Edward Jenner

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch

In the 18^th century, this historical figure developed the first vaccine. It protected people from the smallpox virus.

• Florence Nightingale

• Edward Jenner

• Andreas Vesalius

• Louis Pasteur

He wrote the first comprehensive book on human anatomy. It is rumored he dug up body’s from cemeteries in order to perform his dissections.

• Andreas Vesalius

• Robert Koch

• Louis Pasteur

• Edward Jenner

These two scientists developed the “Germ Theory” of diseases and are given the shared title of the “Fathers of Microbiology”.

• Pasteur and Jenner

• Koch and Jenner

• Pasteur and Koch

• Jenner and Vesalius