History of Healthcare Review

What infrastructure did the Romans build to help sanitation efforts in public health?

aqueducts

What were the beliefs of ancient Egyptians?

healing was a balance of the body and supernatural forces

What practice uses needles to restore energy (Qi) flow throughout the body?

acupuncture

Which ancient civilization was the first to implement quarantine as a means to prevent the spread of infectious diseases?

Jewish

Hippocrates was known as:

The Father of Medicine

What did Galen introduce to the history of healthcare?

pig and monkey dissections

What was the cause of the 'black death'/bubonic plague?

rats carrying fleas

Which epidemic was not one that spread across Europe due to loss of public health and hygiene practices?

influenza

Around the time of the bubonic plague, where was medicine mostly practiced?

in convents and monasteries

Who is credited with inventing the stethoscope?

Laennec

Who discovered penicillin (world's first antibiotic)?

Alexander Fleming

Who discovered x-rays?

William Roentgen

Who is credited for discovering DNA double helix?

Crick & Watson

Who is credited for the Germ Theory?

Louis Pasteur

Who was the first to introduce antiseptics in surgery?

Joseph Lister

Who is considered the Founder of Modern Nursing?

Florence Nightengale

Who was the first female physician in the United States?

Elizabeth Blackwell