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history of medicine

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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During the ____ Times people believed that illness and diseases were cause by…

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Ancient; evil spirits and demons

#2
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___ and ___ were plant medications during the…

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digitalis and morphine; Primitive times

#3
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___ is drilling holes in the skull and used to treat….

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trepanation; insanity, epilepsy, and headache.

#4
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____ used papyrus paper to keep …

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The Ancient Egyptians; accurate medical records

#5
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the average lifespan in 3000 BC was….

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20-30 years old

#6
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___ used acupuncture and moxibustion to…

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Ancient Chinese; relieve pain

#7
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___ began medical science by…

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Ancient Greeks; observing the human body

#8
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The Ancient Greeks believed that illness was a result of…

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natural causes

#9
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During 753 BC to 410 AD___ used ___ to provide medical care for injured soldiers.

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Ancient Romans; home hospitals

#10
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During the ___, the study of medicine was prohibited.

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Dark ages

#11
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The Bubonic Plague aka ___, killed___ of the population in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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black death; 50%-75%

#12
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who was the father of medicine

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Hippocrates

#13
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who was the god of medicine

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Imhotep

#14
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founder of modern nursing

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Florence Nightingale

#15
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father of modern genetics

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Gregor Mendel

#16
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Father of immunology; developed a vaccine for small pox in 1796

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Edward Jenner

#17
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1st physician to document full circulation of the blood

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William Harvey

#18
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____ performed the first heart to heart transplant

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Christian Barnard

#19
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___ was discovered in 1928

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penicillin

#20
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___ was discovered in 1922

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insulin

#21
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___ was discovered in 1895

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x-rays

#22
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first surgeon to deliver an infant via C-section

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Jesse Bennett

#23
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___ invented the stethoscope made of wood

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Rene Laennec

#24
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___ invented the microscope

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek