History of Medicine

Question 1

Something scientific is based on methods and principles of science

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True

Question 2

used during medieval times by priest to cure the sick

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exorcism

Question 3

Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop protection from a particular disease

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True

Question 4

training period, an arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade, or job under the instruction of another person.

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apprenticeship

Question 5

a disorder of structure or function that usually affects a specific location or body system

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disease

Question 6

another name for x-rays

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roentgen

Question 7

nitrous oxide is an example; used during surgery.

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anesthesia

Question 8

the process by which blood forms clots

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coagulation

Question 9

-surgical intervention where a whole is drilled, incised or scraped into the skull using simple surgical tools

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trephining

Question 10

The first pandemic was the bubonic plague

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True

Question 11

practiced by barber-surgeons. the surgical removal of some of a patient's blood for therapeutic purposes.

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bloodletting

Question 12

nihilism is agreeing with all religious and moral principles

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False

Question 13

alternative name for persons who sold and prepared medications and drugs.

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apothecaries

Question 14

disease causing organism; likely to be transmitted to people, organisms, animals, through the environment

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infectious

Question 15

Widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

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epidemic

Question 16

A plague is a transmissible disease

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True

Question 17

was originally used as a means to drive out demons.

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acupuncture

Question 18

A practitioner practices an art, a discipline, or a prefession

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True

Question 19

In the past, teachers used to be physicians

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False

Question 20

medical symbol derived from the story regarding the priest in the temples of Asklepios

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caduceus

Question 21

Arab contributed to medicine: applied to infected ulcers and wounds to “burn out the poison”

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cautery

Question 22

the absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms: reduces infection risk

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asepsis

Question 23

produced during the application of leeches which prevents coagulation

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hirudin

Question 24

created by the founder of scientific medicine, recited by all physcians prior to entering practice

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hippocraatic oath

Question 25

craftsmen or mechants that typically had power

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guilds

Question 26

the branch of medical practice that usually requires physical removal, repair, or readjustment of organs

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surgery

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