Health Science Timeline (history of health care) – Flashcards

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Clara Barton
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Founded the American Red Cross in 1881
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Chinese
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Used acupuncture to relive pain and congestion
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Marie Curie
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Isolated radium in 1910
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Artist who used dissection to draw the human body
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Dark Ages
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Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited
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Egyptians
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Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records
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Gabriel Fahrenheit
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Created the first mercury thermometer
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Sir Alexander Fleming
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Discovered penicillin in 1928
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William Harvey
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Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart.
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Hippocrates
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The father of medicine
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Edward Jenner
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Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796
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Robert Koch
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Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens
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Joseph Lister
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Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery
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Gregory Mendel
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Established the patterns of heredity
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Florence Nightengale
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Founder of modern nursing
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Louis Pasteur
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Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
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Rhazes
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An Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material
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William Roentgen
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Discovered X-rays in 1895
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Romans
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Began public health and sanitation systems
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Jonas Salk
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Developed the polio vaccine in 1952
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