GCSE Medicine Through Time 1250-Present

What did the Red Dye "Prontosil" treat?

• Syphilis

• Blood Poisoning

• Measles

• Malaria

1. What was the name of Hippocrates' theory on the causes of illness/ disease?

• The theory of opposites

• The Four Humours theory

• Contagion Theory

• Spontaneous Generation

Why did the US government fund Florey and Chain's research?

• They needed wounded soldiers in WWII to be treated

• They were at war with the Soviet Union and competed over medicine

• The President's wife had a life threatening bacterial infection

• Sepsis killed over 1m per year in the USA

Who invented the XRay machine?

• Marie Curie

• William Roentgen

• Crick and Watson

• Rosalind Franklin

What was Galen's theory of Opposites?

• That treating the patient with something to oppose their humoural imbalance would cure them

• That using a treatment from the opposite sign of the zodiac would cure a patient

• To cure a patient a doctor should treat the opposite part of the body

Which institution ran medieval hospitals?

• The Monarchy

• Parliament

• The Royal college of Medicine

• The Catholic Church

Why did some people believe God sent illness?

• As punishment for sins

• To test their faith in God

• To help people learn new treatments and cures

• Because they were lazy

Who captured Photo51, showing the double helix, using an electron microscope?

• Crick and Watson

• Marie Curie

• Rosalind Franklin

• Florey and Chain

Which of the following WERE Medieval treatments (choose all correct answers)

• Theriaca

• Mallow Root

• Chinchona Bark

• Sarsparilla

How many hospitals were there in Medieval England?

• 100

• 500

• 1000

• 5000