PHS Epidemic/HF

Who was the first person to observe bacteria and protozoa?

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Who is known as the “Father of Medicine”?

Hippocrates

What spreads the typhus Who invented the stethoscope in 1816?

Rene Laennec

Who discovered the molecular structure of DNA?

James Watson and Francis Crick

Who Pioneered the Concept of Vaccines and created the world’s first vaccine?

Edward Jenner

What Disease was once mistaken for scarlet fever in the early 1500’s?

Chick Pox

Which disease is spread by fleas, lice, and chiggers?

Typhus Fever

What disease caused one-third of the population of Athens to be wiped out between 430 and 424BC?

Typhoid

What is another name for the Bubonic Plague?

The Black Death

Which disease killed almost 7 million people and contributed to the downfall of the roman empire?

Smallpox

What year was influenza (Flu) first isolated?

1933

The first documented outbreak of typhus among troops occurred during which event?

The Siege of Grenada

What year did the Black Death begin?

1348 AD

The 1919 influenza pandemic caused the average American’s life expectancy to drop by how many years?

12 Years

The bubonic plague, or black death, wiped out what percentage of Europe’s population over three years?

25-50%

Which disease is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

Tuberculosis or (TB)

What is the name of the bacteria that causes Typhoid?

Salmonella typhi

What is the name of the virus that causes smallpox?

Variola virus

Which two diseases covered in class are carried by mosquitoes?

Yellow Fever and Malaria

Who showed that measles was caused by an agent in the blood in 1757?

Francis Home

Who Founded the American Red Cross?

Clara Barton

In the 19th Century, tuberculosis claimed an estimated quarter of the adult population in which region?

Europe

Yellow fever likely originated in which continent?

Africa

Which city was hit by a major yellow fever epidemic in 1793?

Philadelphia 

What was Florence Nightngale’s main contribution to healthcare?

She helped to develop and establish modern nursing and sanitation practices