PASW Week 25

2. a famous and respected doctor, who was very impressed by James Durham
5. developed the first vaccine for polio
7. a type of medication introduced into the body of a person to prevent the person from getting a specific disease.
8. causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body
11. helped establish Pennsylvania Hospital in 1751
14. a former slave who became a doctor, although he did not have a medical degree
15. to give a person a new organ when their original one is diseased or worn out
16. a serious bacterial infection, primarily affecting the nose and throat, that can be life-threatening if not treated promptly

1. co-founder of the Pennsylvania Hospital
3. founded by Ann Preston
4. can use all the equipment in an ambulance and can provide advanced life support care
6. works in an ambulance; can splint broken bones, treat burns, help with childbirth, transport a person to the hospital
9. started a poison information hotline; helped develop Mr. Yuk stickers.
10. the loss of movement in the body
12. started University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
13. describes something that improves a health problem or a disease
15. a machine that sends information through the telephone lines
17. a viral disease that causes damage to the nervous system and paralysis; President Franklin Roosevelt contracted it