Chapter 1

Which of the following statements about the practice of bloodletting as a medical treatment is true?

• Bloodletting was popular in the eighteenth century.

• Bloodletting is a standard medical treatment today.

• Bloodletting has been proved ineffective and is not used today.

The microscope was developed by ____.

• Edward Jenner

• Elizabeth Blackwell

• Clara Barton

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

The practice of vaccination was developed by a doctor named ____.

• Edward Jenner

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Hooke

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Which of the following statements about the antibiotic penicillin is true?

• Penicillin was discovered in 1955.

• Penicillin was the first antibiotic used to treat viral infections.

• Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.

The ____ monitors and prevents disease outbreaks, responds to environmental emergencies, and provides research-based health information to the public.

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• National Institutes of Health

• Food and Drug Administration

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Acute-care facilities, where patients are admitted to treat severe medical problems, are also referred to as ____.

• general hospitals

• short-stay hospitals

• walk-in clinics

• surgical centers

Which of the following facilities provides comprehensive treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease?

• kidney dialysis centers

• hospice centers

• optical centers

• surgical centers

Healthcare workers must follow rules and regulations that cover ____.

• patient’s rights

• reporting communicable diseases

• maintaining confidentiality

• all of these

Hospitals were first created by the ____, when doctors set aside rooms in their houses to care for the ill.

• Egyptians

• Greeks

• Romans

• Indians

The Islamic civilization rose to prominence in medical science during the ____.

• Dark Ages

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution