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Healthcare History Vocab 5

  1. Act of watching?
    Observation
  2. Loss of sensation?
    Anesthesia
  3. Instrument used to listen to body sounds?
    Stethoscope
  4. To cut apart or separate?
    Dissection
  5. Procedures that do not penetate the body?
    Non- invasive
  6. A sterile condition; free from germs?
    Asepsis
  7. To recieve something?
    Recipient
  8. Believe in an unreasonable fear?
    Superstitious
  9. A period of time, specifically relating to a time in history?
    Era
  10. A substance that slows or stops the growth of microorganisms?
    Antiseptic
  11. Take care of?
    Custodial
  12. One who lives by destroying others for his or her own gain?
    Predator
  13. An untrained person who practices medicine?
    Quackery
  14. Made nursing a profession?
    Florence Nightingale
  15. Father of microbiology?
    Robert Koch
  16. Discovered penicillin, the most widely used drugs?
    Alexander Fleming
  17. A Russian who discovered viruses?
    Ivanovski
  18. First doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery?
    Joseph Lister
  19. Proved that microorganisms caused diseases?
    Louis Pasteur
  20. A nurse who helped establish the American Red Cross?
    Clara Barton
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Healthcare History Vocab 5
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Healthcare History Vocab5- vocab quiz
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