The _________ plague, also knows as the Black Plague, caused buboes, swollen and painful lymph nodes throughout the body.

The ________, a staff with snakes wrapped around it, is an emblem of the medical profession.

Pain management used during surgery is knows as _________.

_________ is a metabolic disease that caused a high level of glucose in the blood.

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

___________ is a federal health insurance program for low income families.

A type of facility designed for terminally ill patients.

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 pulse as a means of diagnosis.

Surgical needles and scalpels were invented in the __________.

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

The Greek 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 _________ 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 X-ray in medicine

Discovered the first antibiotic

Developed the field of professional nursing

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

During the Middle Ages, many surgeons were also dentist.

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

Penicillin was the first antibiotic

The first organ transplant was performed in the 1950's

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