Important Historical Events in Healthcare

Who is considered to be the father of Western medicine?

• Pare

• Hippocrates

• Nightingale

• Blackwell

Reorder the following

• Bologna, Italy: foundation of the Medical School of the Bologna University.

• Ancient Greece: Hippocrates of Cos. Emphasized reason, observation, and medical prediction.

• Gupta Dynasty, India: the science of life, Ayurveda.

• Song Dynasty, China: healthcare means restoring balance by manipulating the energy that flows through living bodies, called qi.

Why did Nightingale's parents disapprove of nursing?

• It was only done by men

• It was inappropriate for a woman of her class

• It was to expensive to do the training

• There were no training schools

Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by  (a)  

• Sir Alexander Fleming
• Dr. Philippe Pinel
• Sigmund Freud
• William Roentgen

When was modern toothpaste invented?

• 500 BC

• 1800s

• 1900s

• 800 BC

Red Cross was founded by

Match the following

• Bologna, Italy.

• The science of life, Ayurveda.

• Gupta Dynasty, India

• 
  Hippocrates of Cos. Emphasized reason, observation, and medical prediction.

• Song Dynasty, China

• Foundation of one of the first Medical Schools.

• 
  Ancient Greece

• Healthcare means restoring balance by manipulating the energy that flows through living bodies, called qi.

Who Invented X-Rays?

• Davinci

• Lister

• Jenner

• Roetgen

An example of a personal characteristic that is needed for the health field is?

(a)   (b)  

• patience
• keeping a distance from others

• wanting to take care of others
• don't talk to anyone

Who were the first to use acupuncture therapies?