Year 9 Medicine

Where was the outbreak of cholera that John Snow looked in to?

• Clacton

• Liverpool

• Birmingham

• Soho, London

Which of our medical marvels believed in miasma?

• Snow

• Pasteur

• Nightingale

• Koch

What was the problem with the Public Health Act 1848?

• It caused too many changes at once

• It was not compulsory

• Everyone wanted to make changes at the same time

What were the names of Nightingale's two books?

• Notes on Nursing

• Notes on Hygiene

• Notes on Doctors

• Notes on Hospitals

What theory did Pasteur disprove when he published Germ theory in 1861?

• Misma

• Bloodletting

• Spontaneous Generation

• Magic

In which war did Nightingale treat wounded soldiers?

Simpson discovered chloroform as an effective anaesthetic. But what was the main problem with chloroform?

• It was flammable

• Dosage could not be controlled - people could die if they had too much administered

• It caused the patient to cough - they would move too much during surgery.

• It made the patient laugh

Which Queen of England was administered chloroform during the birth of her eighth son?

Which antiseptic did Lister discover?

• Carbolic acid

• Hydrogen Peroxide.

• Povidone-Iodine. ...

When was the NHS established?

• 1939

• 1943

• 1948

• 1952