The __________ plague, also known as the Black Plague, caused buboes, swollen and pianful lymph nodes throughout the body.

Pain management used during surgery is known as ____________.

__________ is a federal health insurance program for senior citizens and disabled individuals.

Medical arts from this culture date back 40,000 years, as traditions were passed down orally from healer to healer.

The _________ were the first to study the pulse as a means of diagnosis.

Surgical needles and scalpels were invented by the _________.

The ________ were the first to discover that unsanitary water led to disease.

The Greeks physician _________ is often called the father of western medicine.

Diphtheria and tuberculosis are examples of _______.

A(n) __________ is a medicine that builds immunity and prevents a person from contracting a disease.

Patients with end-stage kidney disease typically require regular ________ treatment to remove impurities and toxins from the blood.

A patient with an illness or injury that is not life-threatening but requires immediate care, can save money by skipping the emergency room and visiting a(n) _________.

_________ formulated the smallpox vaccine

_________ created the vaccine for rabies and anthrax.

________ founded the American Red Cross.

_________ known as the father of antiseptic surgery.

________ developed the use of the X-ray in medicine.

________ discovered the first antibiotic.

__________ developed the field of professional nursing

The study of medical science thrived during the Middle Ages because

President George Washington died when bloodletting was used to treat his sore throat and cold.

During the Middle Ages, many surgeons were also barbers

The microscope was not invented until the nineteenth century

The rabies vaccine was developed from cowpox blisters

Florence Nightingale is known as the first female doctor in the United States

Penicillin was the first antibiotic

The fist organ transplant was performed in the 1950's

The average life expectancy in the United Stated has dramatically increased since 1900

Antibiotics were first used in ancient times

HMOs and PPOs are the two largest government-funded insurance programs.