WorksheetsHistory of Healthcare
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
During this time in history, studying human anatomy was now allowed and the printing press allowed discoveries to be published faster.
The Renaissance
The Middle Ages
Industrial Revolution
Robert Hooke
Built one of the first reflecting microscopes.
He used a microscope to discover plague fleas.
He carried out experiments that became the basis of modern
microbiology.
This man discovered that pathogens are the cause of some diseases.
Francis Bacon
Built one of the first reflecting microscopes.
He used a microscope to discover plague fleas.
He carried out experiments that became the basis of modern
microbiology.
This man discovered that pathogens are the cause of some diseases.
Robert Koch
Built one of the first reflecting microscopes.
He used a microscope to discover plague fleas.
He carried out experiments that became the basis of modern
microbiology.
This man discovered that pathogens are the cause of some diseases.
Louis Pasteur
Built one of the first reflecting microscopes.
He used a microscope to discover plague fleas.
He carried out experiments that became the basis of modern
microbiology.
This man discovered that pathogens are the cause of some diseases.
During this time science and reason began to replace belief in spiritual
or superstitious causes for illness.
The Renaissance
The Middle Ages
Industrial Revolution
He insisted that doctors use carbolic soap to disinfect instruments and
hands between patients.
Joseph Lister
Edward Jenner
Hippocrates
Galen
This man discovered the first vaccination when he observed that
milkmaids who are exposed to cowpox do not get smallpox.
Joseph Lister
Edward Jenner
Hippocrates
Galen
He was the Greek god of healing whose symbol was the snake and which
is now the symbol for a physician.
Asclepius
Jacoba Felicie
Hippocrates
Galen
This person was tried for practicing without a license.
Asclepius
Jacoba Felicie
Hippocrates
Galen
Known as the “Father of Medicine”, he wrote the oath that doctors still
take today.
Asclepius
Jacoba Felicie
Hippocrates
Galen
He was a physician to gladiator who noted the connection between the
spinal cord and the limbs and described how to performing tracheotomies.
Asclepius
Jacoba Felicie
Hippocrates
Galen
These men had quite the job description ranging from a shave and a
haircut to bloodletting and cauterizing limbs.
Barber-Surgeon
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Francis Bacon
He was credited with describing “animalcules” (bacteria).
Barber-Surgeon
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Francis Bacon
During this time in history, ether as an anesthetic is being used, making
surgery painless, as well, blood cells, bacteria and protozoa are discovered and the stethoscope is invented.
The Renaissance
The Middle Ages
Industrial Revolution
