NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
HEALTH INFORMATICS
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Question
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A century ago, physicians were able to treat the pain involved with a disease and cure the disease using the limited equipment and resources available to them.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Siddha medicine is one of the oldest medical systems known to mankind[13].
Detailed explanation-2: -The most important methods of active treatment were referred to as the “five procedures”: the administration of emetics, purgatives, water enemas, oil enemas, and sneezing powders. Inhalations were frequently administered, as were leeching, cupping, and bleeding.
Detailed explanation-3: -Their cures were a mixture of superstition (magic stones and charms were very popular), religion (for example driving out evil spirits from people who were mentally ill) and herbal remedies (some of which are still used today). Monks and nuns also ran hospitals in their monasteries, which took in the sick and dying.
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