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| What is the name archeologists gave to ancient arthritic bones? | cave gout |
| What did the ancient primitive people believe caused illness? | evil spirits |
| What is the most common reason that prehistoric women died earlier than prehistoric man? | childbirth |
| Name one disease that archeologists found evidence of. | arthritis/osteoporosis/TB/parasite infection/pyorrhea/caries (cavities) |
| What medicinal properties does birch fungus have? | disinfects & stops bleeding |
| What practice was used to treat headaches or peculiar behavior? | trepanation |
| Which ancient medicine was used as a treatment for malaria's fever & muscle spasms? | quinine |
| Name the ancient herb that strengthened & slowed heartbeat. | foxglove |
| What medicine comes from the foxglove plant? | digitalis |
| How does digitalis affect the heart: | strengthens & slows heartbeat |
| Name the plant that was used to treat severe pain. | poppy |
| What plant does the drug morphine come from? | poppy plant |
| Who was the ancient doctor to King Zozor? | Imphotep |
| Which ancient society practiced purging, bloodletting, & embalming? | Ancient Egypt |
| Name the ancient society who tested for diabetes by smelling & tasting urine. | Ancient India |
| Name one surgical procedure used by ancient Indians: | hernia repairs/amputations/c-sections/cosmetic surgery to nose |
| What did the Ancient Chinese doctors use to help diagnose women patients? | ivory dolls |
| Name the ancient civilization that used acupuncture as a medical treatment. | Ancient China |
| What was the 1st code of ethics called? | Hippocratic Oath |
| What are the four humors identified by ancient Greeks? | yellow bile, black bile, blood, phlegm |
| What does the word "melancholy" literally mean? | black bile |
| Which ancient civilization designed & built aqueducts? | Ancient Rome |
| From whom did the Romans learn about disease & hygiene? | Ancient Greeks |
| Who conquered the Roman Empire? | the Huns |
| Why did the study of medicine stop during dark ages? | people held fast to belief of "healing through Christ" |
| Approximately how many deaths was the Bubonic plague responsible for during the dark ages? | 60 million |
| What does the word “Renaissance” mean? | rebirth |
| How was the artist/scientist, Leonardo da Vinci, able to accurately depict drawings of the human anatomy? | dissected corpses |
| What is the name Leeuwenhoek used to describe microorganisms? | animacules |
| Who 1st used the word "vaccination"? | Edward Jenner |
| Which medical term comes from the Latin word for "cow"? | vaccination (vacca = cow) |
| What was the 1st stethoscope made from? | a quire of paper |
| Who pioneered nursing & reformed hospitals? | Florence Nightingale |
| Who was the first scientist to successfully conduct a blood transfusion? | James Blundell |
| Who invented the 1st microscope? | Anton van Leeuwenhoek |
| Name the individual who discovered the properties of x-rays. | Wilhelm Roentgen |
| Which scientist developed the rabies & anthrax vaccines? | Louis Pasteur |
| Who discovered that pathogens in milk could be killed with heat? | Louis Pasteur |
| Which doctor used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs? | Lister |
| Which ancient civilization is seen as the initiating public health & sanitation? | Roman civilization |
| Where did the Roman aqueducts collect water? | from natural springs in the hilly area far from the city |
| What moved aqueduct water to the cities? | gravity |
| What were Roman baths used for? | meeting with friends, engaging in games, massages, bathing |
| Who developed the smallpox vaccine? | Edward Jenner |
| Who is called the "Father of Modern Medicine"? | Hippocrates |
| What led to Laennec's invention of the stethoscope? | his patient was so fat that he had a difficult time placing his ear next to her chest |
| What substitute liquids were used for blood transfusions once it was realized that transfusing blood was risky? | milk from cows & goats |
| Name the dentist who developed anesthesia techniques for painless surgery. | Dr. William Morton |
| Who is called the "Father of Bacteriology"? | Louis Pasteur |
| Before Lister's use of carbolic acid, what generally happened to patients who had a compound fracture? | severe infections |
| What was the first x-ray taken of? | Roentgen's wife's hand |
| Who is the "Father of Thoracic Medicine"? | Rene Laennec |
| Why were the early blood transfusions risky? | didn't know about blood typing |
| Name the Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin. | Sir Alexander Fleming |
| What vector transmits yellow fever? | mosquito |
| What type of pathogen causes yellow fever? | virus |
| What are some symptoms of yellow fever? | bleeding from eyes, nostrils, & anus; jaundice |
| Name the doctor who proved that yellow fever was not directly contagious: | Dr. Walter Reed |
| This Canadian surgeon was the first to isolate insulin in 1922: | Dr. Charles Banting |
| What is "pasteurization"? | treatment of liquid such as milk by heating it in order to destroy harmful microbes |
| What were some of the epidemics during the Dark Ages: | bubonic plague, smallpox, syphilis, diphtheria, TB |
| What "treatments" for disease dominated during the Dark Ages? | prayer, exorcism, saintly relics, superstition |
| What time period marks the beginning of public health? | time of Roman Empire - 9th Century BC |
| What is a bone callus? | a temporary formation of bone & cartilage cells which forms at area of a bone fracture as bone attempts healing; "bone scab" |
| What does the medical term "pyorrhea" literally mean? | discharge of pus (inflammation of gums, which results in loosing of teeth and discharge of pus from tooth sockets) |
| Plant used to treat toothaches & oral lesions (numbs mouth & gums): | peek-a-boo plant |
| Where is quinine derived? | bark of cinchona tree |
| What drug is derived from the ancient belladonna plant? | atropine |
| The drug atropine is used to treat: | bradycardia, spastic color, gastric ulcers |
