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HISTORY OF MEDICINE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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HISTORY OF MEDICINE QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
The ancient Greek called the "Father of Medicine" - ANSWER Hippocrates
Renaissance artist that drew the human body - ANSWER Leonardo da Vinci
Man that invented the microscope - ANSWER Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Who discovered roentgenograms (xrays)? - ANSWER Wilhelm Roentgen
Penicillin was discovered by - ANSWER Alexander Fleming
What primitive means of ways to eliminate illness and disease are still used today? - ANSWER Herbs and
plants
Name at least 3 primary issues facing health care today: - ANSWER high costs, home health care, care for
the elderly, telemedicine, education and preventing disease, complementary and alternative methods
(CAM)
Name 4 pandemics and their causes - ANSWER 1930s bubonic plague killed 75% of Europeans and
Asians, small pox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid and malaria
Name the act of 1987 that regulates the care and employees of long term care facilities and ensures
patients' rights are granted. - ANSWER Omnibus Budget Reconcilliation Act
Name the type of medical care that addresses the whole patient (biological, psychological, social,
spiritual, and emotional) wellness? - ANSWER Holistic treatment (may include Western meds and
treatment and CAM therapies)
Name the 3 persons that shared the Novel peace prize in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA? -
ANSWER Francis Crick, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkings
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