Ch 1:1 - History of Healthcare

Discovered X-rays in 1895.

Health care plans to help pay for the costs of health care were started in the ________.

The professional education of nurses was started by ____.

The polio vaccine was developed in 1952 by __________.

_____________ founded the American Red Cross in 1881.

A pandemic of the bubonic plague killed 3/4 of the population of Europe & Asia in the ______.

The ___believed in the need to treat the whole body by curing the spirit & nourishing the body.

Described the circulation of the blood to and from the heart in 1628.

Embryonic stem cells and cloned cell research occurred in the ___________________.

Disinfectants and antiseptics were first used to prevent infection during surgery by _________.

Became the first female physician in the United States in 1849.

Development of the printing press resulted in the publication of books during what time period?

______________ made, prescribed, and sold medications in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

The ___ is called the "rebirth of medicine."

Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited during the ____.

The most rapid advances in health care occurred during the _________________.

A vaccination for smallpox was developed in 1796 by _________________.

Isolated radium in 1910.

The ancient _________ were the first to record health records.

Penicillin was developed in 1928 by _____.

Developed an organized method to observe the human body & recorded signs & SX of many diseases

Public health and sanitation systems were first developed by the ______.

Illness and disease were believed to be caused by evil spirits and demons during the _______.