Human Experimentation

According to the article, who did Dr. Jenner first test his smallpox immunity theory on?

• the milkmaid

• an 8-year-old boy

• himself

• his neighbor's cow

How did Dr. Jenner verify the results of his first experiment?

• by doing it again on human subjects

• by doing it again on lab rats

• by doing it again on cows

• by doing it again on milk maids

Dr. Jenner is credited with...

• discovering smallpox

• developing a cure for smallpox

• discovering the world's first vaccine

• developing a new pathogen

Why did people oppose autopsies performed by Herophilus and Erasistratus?

• They were illegal.

• They were performed on regular people, not just criminals.

• They were not done for medical research.

• They angered the gods.

Where did the Nazi doctors find human subjects to experiment on?

• concentration camps

• hospitals

• Jewish schools

• none of the above

Why were the Nuremberg Codes written?

• Several German doctors on trial argued that medical experimentation was not illegal.

• The existing code of ethics was outdated.

• The Nuremberg files contained information about medical breakthroughs and we needed the codes to access them.

• To prevent another genocide

Why did human experimentation continue even after the Nuremberg Code was written?

• The Nuremberg Code only effected Germany

• The Nuremberg Code never actually become the law.

• Many doctors thought the Nuremberg Code only applied to war crimes- not everyday practice.

• There was an overwhelming amount of humans volunteering themselves for experimentation

Today, medical research is....

• still conducted.

• necessary.

• Both of these.

• Neither of these