CHAPTER 1: HISTORY AND TRENDS OF
HEALTH CARE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Marie Curie - ANSWER Isolated radium in 1910
Gregory Mendel - ANSWER Established the patterns of heredity
Edward Jenner - ANSWER Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796
William Harvey - ANSWER Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart
Romans - ANSWER Began public health and sanitation systems
William Roentgen - ANSWER Discovered X-Rays in 1895
Hippocrates - ANSWER The father of medicine
Sir Alexander Fleming - ANSWER Discovered penicillin in 1928
Leonardo da Vinci - ANSWER Artist who used dissection to draw the human body
Dark Ages - ANSWER Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited
Clara Barton - ANSWER Founded the American Red Cross in 1881
Egyptians - ANSWER Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records
Louis Pasteur - ANSWER Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
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