Period in western history when Greek and roman cultures and civilizations and Roman cultures were at the heights of their power, from around 700bc to 500ad.
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Antibiotic
Medications used to cure,and in some cases prevent,bacterial infections,they are not effective against against viruses such as the common cold.
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Bacteria
Micro organisms that live in water, soil, plants and animals and that can cause diseases.
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Barber surgeon
Medieval barber who practiced surgery and dentistry.
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Blood letting
Medieval medical treating of removing some blood from a patient by opening a vein or using leches to **** it out.
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Bubuonic plague
Plague spread by the bite of a flea
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Cauterization
Using a heated iron to stop bleeding and seal a wound.
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Cholera
Infectious and often fatal bacterial disease, usually contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhea.
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Diagnosis
Identification of disease
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Dissection
Methodical cutting up of a body or plant in order to study its internal parts.
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Epidemic
Spread of a disease to a large number of people
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Germ Theory
Theory that bacteria cause disease.
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Miasma
Name given to what people though was an "infectious mist" given off by rotting animals, rubbish and human waste many believed it caused illness and disease.
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Microbe
Living organisms that is too tiny to be seen without a microscope;includes bacteria,which can cause disease.
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Public health
Health of the population as a whole.
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Quack
A person who pretends to have medical ability or fake cures;unqualified, often useless,doctor.
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Quarantine
Confining or stopping people from going in or out of places.
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Specificity
theory that specific germs cause specific illness.
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Spontaneous generation
Theory that microbes appear as if by magic, and that germs are the result of diseases.
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Spore
Cell or small organism that can grow into another organism in the right conditions.
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Vaccination
Using the dead germs of a disease of a disease or one similar to it to build up an immunity against the stronger form of the disease
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Vaccine
Substance that is injected into a person to protect against a particular disease.
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Card 2
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Medications used to cure,and in some cases prevent,bacterial infections,they are not effective against against viruses such as the common cold.
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Antibiotic
Card 3
Front
Micro organisms that live in water, soil, plants and animals and that can cause diseases.
Back
Card 4
Front
Medieval barber who practiced surgery and dentistry.
Back
Card 5
Front
Medieval medical treating of removing some blood from a patient by opening a vein or using leches to **** it out.
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