Epi- History of Epidemiology 2024/2025
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Work of Hippocrates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔'On Air, Water and Places'
Miasma Theory - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Theory that bad smelly air caused disease
At the time of Hippocrates, what were the two theories of disease? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔1. That disease came from bad air
2. That the gods were responsible for disease
Hippocrates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Who was The Godfather of Epidemiology?
Hippocrates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Who is considered the Father of Medicine?
Hippocrates contribution to epidemiology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔That determinants of
human health were the cause of disease- the environment and
lifestyle/behavior
What were Hippocrates determinants of Human Health? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
environment and lifestyle/human behavior
Why was Hippocrates theory of the the determinants of human health so
controversial? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They contradicted the theories of the time
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, What was John Graunt known for? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Quantification
outbreak - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease
Endemic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔period when a disease reaches back to a normal level
of occurrence
Epidemic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in
a community at a particular time.
2. The peak of an outbreak
Epidemiological Curve - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Data on the number of cases from the
index case through intervention
2. Maps out the occurrence of a disease
Pandemic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔worldwide epidemic
index case - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔First disease case in an epidemic within a population.
Work of John Graunt - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔'Observations... Upon the Bills of
Mortality'
Contribution of John Graunt - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔using birth/death records recorded
by the church, Graunt was able to use the data collected to predict the potential
occurrences of disease
John Graunt - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Father of biostatistics
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Work of Hippocrates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔'On Air, Water and Places'
Miasma Theory - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Theory that bad smelly air caused disease
At the time of Hippocrates, what were the two theories of disease? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔1. That disease came from bad air
2. That the gods were responsible for disease
Hippocrates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Who was The Godfather of Epidemiology?
Hippocrates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Who is considered the Father of Medicine?
Hippocrates contribution to epidemiology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔That determinants of
human health were the cause of disease- the environment and
lifestyle/behavior
What were Hippocrates determinants of Human Health? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
environment and lifestyle/human behavior
Why was Hippocrates theory of the the determinants of human health so
controversial? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They contradicted the theories of the time
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619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, What was John Graunt known for? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Quantification
outbreak - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease
Endemic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔period when a disease reaches back to a normal level
of occurrence
Epidemic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in
a community at a particular time.
2. The peak of an outbreak
Epidemiological Curve - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Data on the number of cases from the
index case through intervention
2. Maps out the occurrence of a disease
Pandemic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔worldwide epidemic
index case - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔First disease case in an epidemic within a population.
Work of John Graunt - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔'Observations... Upon the Bills of
Mortality'
Contribution of John Graunt - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔using birth/death records recorded
by the church, Graunt was able to use the data collected to predict the potential
occurrences of disease
John Graunt - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Father of biostatistics
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