Renaissance Public Health, Jenner, Pasteur and Koch Quiz

This substance was new to Europe in the Renaissance. It is an effective treatment for Malaria.

• opium

• tobacco

• quinine

• rhubarb

• ipecacuanha

Which term goes with this definiton?

These were appointed to check dead bodies to determine if they had died of plague and report any cases.

• Examiners

• Women Searchers

• Watchmen

• Rakers

• Constable

Which is the most accurate description of measures taken to enforce quarantine in London in 1665?

• ^{Examiners went door-to-door. Women searchers checked bodies. Bedding aired in smoke before being used again. Assemblies prohibited. Pubs and coffee houses closed. Restricted attendance at funerals. Bodies buried six feet deep.}

• ^{Women checked bodies. Victims' houses sealed 28 days. Bedding smoked bfr being used again. Assemblies prohibited. Pubs}

  ^{etc closed. Restricted funerals. Bodies buried 6 feet deep. Examiners went door-to-dr.}

• ^{Women checked bodies . Victims' houses sealed 28 days. Bedding aired in smoke before being used again. Pubs and coffee houses closed. Restricted attendance at funerals. Bodies buried six feet deep.Examiners went door-to-door.}

• ^{Women checked bodies. Victims' houses sealed 28 days. Bedding of plague sufferers had to be aired in smoke before being used again. Assemblies prohibited. Pubs and coffee houses were to be closed. Examiners went door-to-door looking for cases.}

The theory that bacteria were generated automatically as part of the process of decay.

• Four Humours

• Miasma

• Pasteurization

• Germ Theory

• None of the above

The theory that diseases were caused by bad-smelling air.

• Four Humours

• Miasma

• Pasteurisation

• Germ Theory

• None of the above

The theory that diseases are caused by bacteria.

• Four Humours

• Miasma

• Pasteurisation

• Germ Theory

• None of the above

The process of killing micro-organisms in liquids by heating them.

• Four Humours

• Miasma

• Pasteurisation

• Germ Theory

• None of the above

This person discovered the first working vaccine.

• Jenner

• Pasteur

• Koch

• Fleming

• None of the above

This person figured out how to make new vaccines.

• Jenner

• Pasteur

• Koch

• Fleming

• None of the above

Which of these things was not discovered by Robert Koch?

• A method of identifying which bacterium caused each disease.

• A method of staining bacteria to make them easier to study.

• A vaccine for Anthrax.

• A method of growing bacteria on potatoes.

• None of the above.