Early Filipinos Health Beliefs Quiz

Early Filipino Nursing and Hospitals

• Hospital de Aguas was established in 1590 in Laguna, making it one of the oldest hospitals in the Philippines.
• San Juan De Dios Hospital was founded in 1596 by the brotherhood of Misericordia, providing general health services to the public.

Prominent Women in the Philippine Revolution

• Josephine Bracken, wife of Jose Rizal, installed a field hospital in Tejeros to provide nursing care to wounded soldiers.
• Rose Sevilla de Alvaro converted her house into a quarter for Filipino soldiers during the Phil-American War in 1899.
• Hilaria de Aguinaldo, wife of Emilio Aguinaldo, organized the Filipino Red Cross.
• Doña Maria Agoncillo de Aguinaldo, second wife of Emilio Aguinaldo, provided care to Filipino soldiers during the revolution.
• Melchora Aquino (Tandang Sora) nursed wounded Filipino soldiers, gave them shelter and food.
• Agueda Kahabagan, a revolutionary leader in Laguna, provided nursing services to her troops.
• Trinidad Tecson (Ina ng biak na Bato) stayed in the hospital at Biak na Bato to care for wounded soldiers.

Development of Nursing Education in the Philippines

• In 1907, the Americans trained the first Filipino nurses, establishing the St. Luke’s Hospital and its school of nursing with three students.
• The Pensionado Act of 1903 allowed Filipino nursing students to study in the United States of America.
• The Iloilo Mission Hospital Training School of Nursing was the first hospital to train Filipino nurses.
• In 1944, the first Nurses Board examination was held in Iloilo Mission Hospital.
• St. Paul Hospital School of Nursing was established in 1907 by the Archbishop of Manila, Jeremiah Harty.
• Mary Johnston Hospital School of Nursing was established in 1907, initially as a dispensary clinic for women and children.

Early Filipino Beliefs and Health Practices

• Early Filipinos believed that health and sickness were interrelated with superstitious beliefs and practices.
• Diseases were believed to be caused by another person or evil spirits, and treatment involved driving away evil spirits through prayer, rituals, and superstitions.
• Special gods of healing, such as priest-physicians, witch doctors, and herbolarios, were believed to possess the power to drive away demons.

Spanish Era Hospitals and Nursing Practices

• During the Spanish era, religious orders built hospitals across the Philippines to care for the sick.
• Nursing practices focused on nutrition, wound care, and caring for the ill, with priest-physicians and male nurses assisting Friars in hospitals.