History of Public Health - Part 1

It took _____ years to eradicate smallpox.

Chinese medical care in the 21st to 11th centuries BCE included all of the following except?

Which of the following was NOT part of a new approach to science and knowledge during the period of enlightenment?

Ancient Greece placed high emphasis on healthful living habits in terms of _______________.

Miasma theorists believed that disease could spread from person to person.

Why did it take so long to eradicate smallpox?

Immunology has shown no association between infectious diseases and chronic diseases?

Which of the following contributions to public health tradition is NOT attributed to Ancient Rome?

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways for preventing disease in populations?

Despite local efforts to prevent disease by quarantine and isolation, the plague killed _____ people from 1346 to 1350?

Vaccinations have proven to be a highly effective treatment for infectious diseases?

Which of the following was NOT used to control the spread of syphilis during the Renaissance (1400s-1600s)?

Some cultures equated cleanliness with godliness and assoicated hygience with religious beliefs and practices

James Lind's study of scurvy is considered the first clinical trial because it included ____________.

Miasma theory, the belief that disease transmission strictly resulted from environmental emanations, resulted in_______.

Which of the following is NOT a cornerstone of early public health?

What was the average life expectancy during prehistoric times?

The Bills of Mortality provided the foundation for use of health statistics in the planning of health services.

Germ theory suggests that disease transmission can take place only through person to person contact

The first evidence of vaccination occurred in 1796 when Edward Jenner used ________ to develop immunity to smallpox.