HSA 100 Exam 1
What is the Caduceus - ✔✔
-Symbol of Hermes which is a staff with two entwined snakes and wings.
-Hermes is one of the 12 Olympian Greek Gods; known as the undertaker, Prince of Thieves, and
God of Com
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HSA 100 Exam 1
What is the Caduceus - ✔✔
-Symbol of Hermes which is a staff with two entwined snakes and wings.
-Hermes is one of the 12 Olympian Greek Gods; known as the undertaker, Prince of Thieves, and
God of Commerce
-It is a symbol of confusion
-It was adopted by the US Army Medical Corp
What is the Staff of Asclepius: - ✔✔-Staff with a single snake
-Asclepius is an ancient Greek physician; known as the God of Medicine
-It is the accurate symbol of medicine
What is an Almshouses aka Poor Houses: - ✔✔-For the homeless, elderly, orphans, criminals,
the ill and disabled
-Run by the government
-Residents are called "inmates"
What is a pest house - ✔✔-People who had contagious diseases like smallpox, cholera or yellow
fever
-Quarantine buildings
What were the first three hospitals in the USA? and the years - ✔✔• 1736- First Hospital in the
USA
- Bellevue Hospital, New York City
• 1736- Second Hospital (French Territory)
- Charity Hospital for the Poor, New Orleans
• 1751- Second Hospital (USA)
- Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia
• 1771- Third Hospital in the USA
- New York Hospital, New York City
Discuss the origination of Bellevue Hospital - ✔✔• Bellevue Hospital:
- Started as an almshouse for the public workhouse
- At the site of NYC's current City Hall; 2nd floor with only 6 beds and 1 physician
- Now it is a 25-story inpatient facility; 800 beds and over 1200 physicians
- Also now it has a 6-story outpatient pavilion
- First ambulance service, maternity service, and forensic studies
- Kentucky Connection: Death of Stephen Foster
Discuss the origination of Pennsylvania Hospital. - ✔✔- Founders were: Dr. Thomas Bond and
Benjamin Franklin
- The hospital was built to care for the sick-poor and insane who were wandering the streets of
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