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ary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of respiratory disease,
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the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health and wellness.
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Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
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of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the ―fa
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ure. What was the chemist’s name?
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Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
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Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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Thomas Young ht
Louis Pasteur
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Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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When did the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ become standard?
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a. 1954
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Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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ary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of respiratory disease,
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the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health and wellness.
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of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the ―fa
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ther of medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth cent
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Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
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Robert Boyle Jac ht ht
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Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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John Dalton Jos ht ht
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John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic the
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Thomas Young ht
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Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 technicians.
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When did the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ become standard?
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In 1974, the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ became standard.
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Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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Robert Dalton Da ht ht
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