Medical Assistant: History of Medicine

Which key development in Renaissance medicine improved anatomical knowledge?

Human dissection

Who is known for the discovery of blood circulation?

William Harvey

What major theory was established during the 18th and 19th centuries?

Germ Theory of Disease

Which figure developed the first smallpox vaccine?

Edward Jenner

What significant medical advancement was introduced in 1846?

Anesthesia

Which of the following is a challenge faced by contemporary medicine?

Global Health Inequality

What technology has revolutionized diagnostics in the 20th century?

Medical imaging

Which of the following is NOT a key development in contemporary medicine?

Bloodletting

Who pioneered the use of X-rays in medicine?

Marie Curie

What is a significant impact of aging populations on healthcare systems?

Increased healthcare costs

The rise of scientific inquiry during the Renaissance led to a decline in the use of human dissection.

False

The discovery of penicillin marked a major breakthrough in the treatment of bacterial infections.

True

Telemedicine has become less relevant in contemporary healthcare

False

Florence Nightingale is known for her contributions to modern nursing and sanitation.

True

The Age of Enlightenment emphasized mystical practices in medicine.

False

Early medical systems allowed people to _____________________ of bodies and health.

make sense

In Song Dynasty China’s traditional Chinese medicine, health means a balance between two forces, ________ and

___________, representing ___________ and ____________, femininity and masculinity, hot and cold, and so on

• yin & yang

• dark & light

Disease means ___________________.

• imbalance

Healthcare means

restoring balance

in traditional Chinese medicine healthcare is done, by manipulating the

__________ that flows through living bodies, called _____.

• energy

• qi

Ayurveda

science of life (Gupta Dynasty India)

What would Charaka Samhita teach

etiology & symptology

Etiology

what causes different diseases

Sypmtology

what diseases look like

The oldest nuggets of humoral wisdom in Western Eurasian medical textbooks were attributed to a physician named

___________________ of Cos, which means “Gregory House” in classical ____________.

• Hippocrates

• Greek

Hippocrates oath

“Do No Harm”

• underpins medical education

______________ built on the systems of Hippocrates and Aristotle, but also made detailed notes on ______________

drawn from ________________

• Galen

• Human Anatomy

• Experience

What were some accomplishments of Persian polymath Abū Bakr al

Wrote dozens of books.

One of the founders of several disciplines (psychology, ophthalmology).

First to describe smallpox and measles as distinct diseases.

Wrote for general audiences educating them about health and disease.

Wrote medical encyclopedias, with this biggest being the al-Hawi-al-Kabir.

What is scholasticism?

Learning through close reading of improved texts that combined the thoughts of early thinkers

The Trotula became foundational to ___________________and all other topics related to ______________

health.

• Gynecology

• Women’s health