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What caused disease and illness in ancient times?
Supernatural spirits.
How was disease treated in ancient times?
Using herbs, plants, and ceremonies (exorcism).
Who is recognized as the 'father of Medicine'?
Hippocrates.
Who kept the earliest health records?
Egyptians.
Who were the first to determine that disease might have a natural cause?
Greeks.
Who developed the first sanitation systems?
Romans.
What was the primary treatment for disease during the Dark and Middle Ages?
Prayer.
What was the life expectancy during the Dark and Middle Ages?
20-30 years.
Who was known as the Arab Hippocrates?
Rhazes (Abu Bakr al-Razi).
What significant medical advancement occurred during the Renaissance?
Rediscovery of dissection of the body for study.
Who studied and recorded the anatomy of the human body?
Leonardo da Vinci.
Who described the circulation of blood through the heart?
William Harvey.
Who developed the first smallpox vaccine?
Edward Jenner.
Who discovered that tiny microorganisms are everywhere?
Louis Pasteur.
Who was the first physician to use antiseptic during surgery?
Joseph Lister.
Who discovered x-rays?
Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895.
Who discovered penicillin?
Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928.
Who developed the first polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk in 1954.
Who is the founder of modern nursing?
Florence Nightingale.
Who founded the Red Cross?
Clara Barton.
Who was the first female physician in the US?
Elizabeth Blackwell in 1849.