History of Healthcare Vocabulary 1 Quiz

Opium plant was used as a ________

• pain reliever

• anxiety medication

• skin cream

• eye medication

Imhotep is an Egyptian who is believed to be the first _______.

• physician

• discovered note taking

• made herbs

• made the sewer system

Sanitation is the maintenance of _______ conditions, through services such as garbage collection and wastewater disposal.

• unhygienic

• hygienic

• disorderly

Developed by ancient Hindus.

• herbs

• sewer drains

• transportation

• communication

A Chinese treatment called _______ is used today to reduce pain.

• hair pins

• stones

• Acupuncture

• warm oils

ingredients are made from plant parts, such as leaves or roots

• medical flowers

• stems

• medical seeds

• medical herbs

Hippocrates is known as the Father of _______.

• Medicine

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Astronomy

Hippocratic Oath is a code of behavior written by _______ thousands of years ago.

• Hippocrates

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Socrates

Aristotle developed the field of anatomy by performing __________.

• plant growth

• mineral storage

• the study of fluids

• dissection

Galen’s flawed theory believed that unbalanced _______ caused illness.

• fluids

• humors

• elements

• energies