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Imhotep
Early and near eastern contribution

FOUNDER OF EGYPTIAN MEDICINE
Code of Hammurabi
Early and near eastern contribution

mALPRACTICE = HANDS GET CUTE OFF
535 Greek Physicians
Hellenistic Contribution to medicine

ESTABLISH BRAIN AS CENTER OF INTELLECT
Asciepius
Hellenistic Contribution to medicine

GOD OF HEALING IN GREECE
Hippocrates
Hellenistic Contribution to medicine

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIET AND HEALTH AND SPINAL MANIPULATION METHOD
Pythagorean
Hellenistic Contribution to medicine

WRITE HIPPOCRATIC OATH
Galen
Roman

SPINAL MANIPULATION (C7) HELPS WEAKENED HAND
Romans Outlawed:
Roman

PUBLIC BATHS/ CENSUS/ GARBAGE PICKUP/ WATER&SEWER/BATHING
Dark Ages

Disease is supposedly caused by
Sin
Dark Ages

Most healers are
Women
Mid 14th Century

1348 Big Disease
Black death, Black plague killed 75 million 1/3 - 2/3 of population
Mid 14th Century

First Quarantine set up in
Yugoslavia
16th Century

Ambrosie Pare
Father of surgery/use manipulation of vineyard workers
16th Century

1520 Smallpox
Kills Aztecs Cortez takes over
16th Century

Giralom Francastoro
Epidemic dx caused by spores = germ theory
17th Century

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
first person to see sperm and red blood cells
18th Century

Giovanni Morgagni
father of pathology/coor symp during life with autopsy
18th Century

Franz Mesmer
Hypnosis to cure dx
18th Century

Percival Potts
Corr between scrotal cancer and chimney sweeps
18th Century

Edward Jenner
1st small pox vaccine using weaken cow pox
Mid 14th Century

1348 Big Disease
Black death, Black plague killed 75 million 1/3 - 2/3 of population
Mid 14th Century

First Quarantine set up in
Yugoslavia
16th Century

Ambrosie Pare
Father of surgery/use manipulation of vineyard workers
16th Century

1520 Smallpox
Kills Aztecs Cortez takes over
16th Century

Giralom Francastoro
Epidemic dx caused by spores = germ theory
17th Century

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
first person to see sperm and red blood cells
18th Century

Giovanni Morgagni
father of pathology/coor symp during life with autopsy
18th Century

Franz Mesmer
Hypnosis to cure dx
18th Century

Percival Potts
Corr between scrotal cancer and chimney sweeps
18th Century

Edward Jenner
1st small pox vaccine using weaken cow pox
19th Century

Edwin Chadwick
Wrote and lead to dev. Gen. board of health in England
19th Century

Crawford Williamson Long
1st to perform surgery under general anestesia (ether)
19th Century

J Evens Riadore
Nervous energy "of any organ is def.supp.w/nerve E or blood is fx sooner or later become deranged (spinal nerves source nerves)
DD Palmer Born
1845
19th Century

Ignaz Semmeiweis
hand washing/ savior of mothers
19th Century

Louis Pasteur
Heat just below boiling point to kill bacteria

Pasteurization
19th Century

John Snow
father of epidemiology/ adopy hygine and anesthesia
19th Century

Josheph Lister
Sterile surgery coined words: asepsis and antisepsis
19th Century

Rudolf Virchow
Father of MODERN pathology

cell originated from another cell
1882
BJ Palmer born
1985
DD gives 1st adjustment
19th Century

Wilhelm Rontgen
x-rays
19th Century

Rev. samuel Weed
Created term Chiropractic
20th Century

Walter Reed
Yellow fever transmitted from mosquito
20th Century

Sir Alexander Fleming
Penicillin
20th Century

Jonas Salk
Polio vaccinate (innactive dead virus)
20th Century

Albert Sabin
Oral polio vaccine (live virus)
20th Century

CDC Responsible
Notifiable dx's
20th Century

Lyme Dx
Faster growing infection dx
1981
CDC recognizes AIDS
England's Health Sysem
-no copay
-no insurance
-govt owned hospitals paid out of taxes
-no medical bankrupts
-Much higher taxes
-primary and ER care works well
-elective care has really long wait lists
-hospitals compete for govt money to survive
-gp-paid on fixed amount: ave pat $1800
-Care costs too little
-world leader preventative medicine
Japan's Health System
-Long healthy life--lowest infant mortality rate in world
-social insurance: everyone signs up for health insurance, gov pays for poor
-private medical centers
-go to dr 3x's as often as US--3 minute visits!
-No gate keepers
-No waiting lists
-every price negotiated every 2 yrs fixed pricing
-scanning euipment made inexpensively
-no profit from insurance companies, can't be denied coverage
-hospitals going broke
German's Health System
-Bismark model
-rich can opt out, 90% stay in
-market system-private d office and hospitals
-private insurers-sickness funds more expensive that japan and UK
-Pregnant people pay nothing, everyone else pays co-pay but only every 3 months
-standard prices negotiated every year
Taiwan's Health System
-Looked at other countries and developed a compilation system
-no gatekeepy/no waiting time/ clinic open on weekends
-has to have smart card, has history and meciation info--automatic bil pay
-over 20 times month or 50 times in 3 months govt visits patient
-govt borrowing from banks and dont wait to raise premiums
______ spread is transmission of an infectious agent by an animate object.
Vector
_______ is a factor of resistance
Normal bacterial flora
_____ is the climate, temperature, and moisture.
physical factor
Epidemics or outbreaks of disease occur when the proportion of susceptible individuals is _____ and increases as the proportion of immune individuals ______?
High
Decreases
Disease ______ requires the total annilhillation of the agent so the epidemiological triangle will never occur.
Eradication
When investigating an epidemic, the distribution of cases not characterized by?
Variable of person
____ is the expression of the relationship of one part to a whole?
Ratio
_____ rate measure the rate of births.
Natality
The purpose of an investigation is to describe the when and where a disease outbreak occurs?
False
____ is the extent to which a study correctly represents the characteristics of interest?
validity
in 1348, the human race came close to extinction due to what disease?
Bubonic Plague
I 1987 the Wilk vs. AMA ruling stated that the AMA and its co-conspirators did not conspire to viciously discredit, malign, and restrict expansion of chiropractic.

t/f
False
Pasteurization is heating of an organic fluid to a temperature to above its boiling point?

T/F
False
What was the individual who first used either in an operation?
Crawford W Long
The definition of health according to the World Health Organization is a "state of complete physical, mental and social well being"

T/F
True
A medical doctor is trained to identify and prevent diseases in an individual while an epidemiologist is trained to identify and treat disease in a given population?

T/F
True
A reservoir is a host where a biologic agent cannot Propagate?

T/F
False
What is a part of the epidemiological triangle?
Susceptible host
what was the author of the Hippocratic Oath
Pythagorean
Who is one of the co-fathers of Modern Bacteriology?
Louis Pasteur
____ is one of the most important epidemiological factors in determining what disease a person acquires?
Age
Epidemic curves describe the distribution of cases during long periods of time and can be helpful in determining the source of infection and its mode of transmission?

T/F
False
The ____ is used to determine the relative importance of dying from a specific disease, in relation to all causes of death in the population?
PMR
During the investigation of an epidemic, one must ignore the laboratory data if it does not support the epidemiological data?

T/F
False
What causes the death of bacteria?
Bactericidal
The proportion of individuals in a given population which develop of disease during a specific time period?
attack rate
Antibodies from another person or animal that are injected into a human are an example of?
Artificial passive immunity
The total number of cases of disease both old and new?
Prevalence rate
Specific mortality rate is measured in ____ per population?
100,000
To contact or possess a characteristic that is believed to influence the risk of acquiring a specific disease?
Exposure
What is NOT part of the Greek influence on public health?
Punishment of the flesh
What is not part of the Christian church influence on public health?
Public baths were outlawed
What is NOT part of the Dark Ages influence on public health?
Coined the word Miasma (population)
who developed the germ theory of disease?
Girolamo Francastoro
Called the Father Of Modern Pathology?
Rudolf Virchow
The man who wrote "If any organ is deficiently supplied with nervous energy or of blood, its function immediately, or sooner or later its structure, becomes deranged"?
J. Evans Riadore
the person who used phenol as a disinfectant in surgery?
Joseph Lister
Who was the individual who is given credit for naming Chiropractic from the Greek
Samuel Weed
Who was the physician who used killed polio virus to make a vaccine?
Jonas Edward Salk
What type of prevention is the early detection and proper treatment of disease?
Secondary
What agency is responsible for milk and milk products?
USDA
What agency is responsible for compiling statistics on mortality and morbidity and also keeping track of epidemics?
CDC
What agency is responsible for water purity and hazardous waste?
EPA
What item is performed by a public health agency?
Assessments
An epidemiologist studies the variables of a disease within a laboratory setting working with on variable at a time while basic scientist studies disease within the population?

T/F
Fale
Viruses are encapsulated genetic material of DNA which are _______ to treat and cause destruction of cells resulting in ______ damage?
Hard
Permanent
Clinical cases are symptomatic individuals that seek medical attention?

T/F
True
What is a classification of a carrier?
Subclinical
What is an example of a portal of exit?
alimentary tract
A group of individuals with a specific disease which are very similar in their time and place of occurence or both
Cluster
The specific cause of a disease in a population
Etiology
The average or normal number of cases of a disease in a certain population
Endemic
The level of disease in a certain population that exceeds the endemic level
Epidemic
To contact or possess a characteristic which is believed to influence the risk of acquiring a specific disease
Exposure
An inanimate object that may carry a pathogen (towel, underwear, etc)
Fomite
Resistance to disease
Immunity
The body produces its own antibodies naturally. Long lasting.
Natural Active Immunity
The body does NOT produce its own antibodies. Short lasting.
Passive Immunity
The passage of antibodies from the mother to the body for about the first 6 months of the baby's life. Rich source of antibodies.
Natural Passive Immunity
The introduction of an antigen that causes the formation of antibodies. These are called inoculations (polio)
Artificial Active Immunity
Someone who can carry and transmit a disease to another person, but who is not experiencing symptoms.
Carrier
Antibodies from another person or animal that are injected into a human (tetanus)
Artificial Passive Immunity
Total number of new cases of a disease measured within a calendar year
incidence rate
The time between contact and demonstration of clinical evidence that a disease is present
Incubation Rate
State of illness. The morbidity rate is the number of people that are ill.
Morbidity
Death rate. The mortality rate is the number of people deat.
Mortality
The probability that an event will or will not occur
Odds
The specific characteristics of a disease
Pathegnomonics
The worldwide distribution of a disease
Pandemic
The worldwide distribution of a disease
Pandemic
Total number of cases of disease both old and new
Prevalence Rate
The probability that an event will occur during a specific time frame
Risk
An ongoing observation of a population used to detect any rapid changes of occurence of specific disease
surveillance
The probability of remaining alive for a specific amount of time after having been diagnosed with a particular disease
Survival
No specific resistance to a disease
Susceptibility
The extent to which a study correctly represents the characteristics of interest
Validity
The degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism (AIDS)
Virulence
Statistical application pertaining to the vital facts of human existence
Vital Statistics
Birth Rate
per 1000 of population
Death Rate
per 1000 of population
Mortality Rate
Number of deaths of a specific cause per 100,000 of population
Infant Mortality
Single most important factor showing the health of a community. It correlates closely to the availability of housing, pure water, literacy and the ability to achieve economic development.