Miasma - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is public health? - *Population health perspective* -(public medicine) Who is the father of epidemiology? - *John Snow* -English physician What were some of *John Snow's* discoveries? - 1. Refuted miasma 2. Tracing of cholera spread in London 3. *Broad Street pump* 4. Applied statistics to examine clusters of outbreak 5. Pioneer of anesthesia & medical hygiene ("Ghost Map" of Cholera) Who is the Pioneer of Antisepsis? - *Sir Joseph Lister* -British surgeon What we...

Beginning of medicine always trying to make people feel better, became smaller when witch hunting grew Hippocrates greek, greatest thinker of early medicine, examined only things that are observable, wanted to explain medicine through observations not spirits, humoral theory Humoral. theory four fluids (humors) in the body- blood, yellow and black bile, phlegm- health is how well the 4 are balanced, led to bloodletting Bloodletting withdrawal of blood to cure a disease Humoral medicine balan...

Describe Koch's postulates and the significance of his experiment - Koch's postulates: with the use of anthrax provided a basis for Germ Theory. the experiment: extract blood from diseased individual grow culture put culture into healthy individual, develop disease extract this blood, culture it to show same results Describe the importance of Louis Pasteur and the significance of his swan-neck flask experiment - Disproved spontaneous generation (miasma) the swan-neck made contamination...

Germ Theory of Disease - idea that infectious diseases are caused by pathogens Early ideas about disease transmission - punishment for sins, miasma, hexes/spells, spontaneous generation miasma - a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor Louis Pasteur - A French chemist, this man discovered that heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer. -disproved spontaneous generation -vaccines for rabies and anthrax Robert Koch - country doctor ...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. correct answers WHO definition interventions influencing healthy life trajectories correct answers medical, social, behavioral, economic, environmental medicine vs public health correct answers medicine: diagnosing and treating public health: preventing applied social science that encourages individuals and communities to take steps to improve their own health correc...

Define Health correct answers complete physical, mental, and social well-being (not just the absence of disease) Define Community correct answers - group usually in similar geographical area - have roles and relationships, and an awareness of their involvement in - share common beliefs/values - common needs and a commitment to meeting them Evolution of Health Theory correct answers 1. Miasma Phase - health & disease caused by pollution and bad air 2. Bacteriology Phase - dise...

Who discovered the Miasma Theory? A. Florence Nightingale B. Jeanne Mance C. Mary Snively D. Marguerite d'Youville Answer> A. Florence Nightingale Who founded Hotel Dieu? A. Mary Snively B. Florence Nightingale C. Jeanne Mance D. Harriet Sutherland Answer> C. Jeanne Mance Who was the founder of modern nursing? A. Jeanne Mance B. Edith Monture C. Harriet Sutherland D. Florence Nightingale Answer> D. Florence Nightingale The earliest role of nurses involved: A. Car...

Nursing Meta Paradigm correct answers - nursing - health - environment - client - transitions Dimensions of Health and Well-Being correct answers 1. vitality, energy 2. meaning, purpose 3. connectedness, commmunity Illness correct answers - subjective Disease correct answers - pathology, biological condition - huge part of illness falls under disease, but illness can be separate from disease Community correct answers - defined as a body of people living in one geographical...

Reverence for dead, Believed cremation began in Greece in 1000 BC, Believed in shadowy afterlife and Elysian Fields - ANSWERThe ancient Greeks... Separation of the soul from the body, and they believed the remnants of cremation held personal and spiritual significance and should be entombed properly - ANSWERGreeks believed cremation provided... Large pyres were built and remains were returned home for ceremony - ANSWERWhen Greek soldiers died in battle Lay undertaker, the role was no ...

Reverence for dead, Believed cremation began in Greece in 1000 BC, Believed in shadowy afterlife and Elysian Fields correct answers The ancient Greeks... Separation of the soul from the body, and they believed the remnants of cremation held personal and spiritual significance and should be entombed properly correct answers Greeks believed cremation provided... Large pyres were built and remains were returned home for ceremony correct answers When Greek soldiers died in battle Lay unde...