Human Experimentation

Imagine Ava, Elijah, and Oliver are time-traveling back to the 18th century. They meet an English doctor who discovered the world's first vaccine. Can you guess who this doctor is?

• Edward Jenner

• Tori Dangerfield

• Dr. Seuss

• Nazi doctors

What disease did Edward Jenner treat his patients for?

• Smallpox

• Cowpox

• Malaria

• Hypothermia

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

• his neighbor's cow

• an eight year old boy

• a milk maid

• himself

Imagine this: William, Emma, and Scarlett are having a heated debate in their history class. They're discussing a fascinating topic: cowpox and smallpox. What was the common belief about these two diseases back in the day?

• People who caught cowpox were immune to smallpox

• Smallpox caused cowpox

• Cowpox and smallpox were unrelated

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.

• The believed it angered the gods.

Where did Nazi doctors find human subjects to experiment on?

• Concentration Camps

• Hospitals

• Jewish Schools

• None of These

What was the name of the code that outlined ethics for medical research after the Nuremberg trials?

• The Nuremberg Code

• The Hippocratic Oath

• The Geneva Convention

• The Declaration of Helsinki

Who regulates experimentation and research involving human subjects in the U.S.?

• Department of Health and Human Services

• Food and Drug Administration

• Seventeen federal agencies

• All of the above

Avery, Henry, and Samuel are having a heated debate. They're trying to figure out why human experimentation is necessary. Can you help them?

• To develop new treatments and medicines

• To use as a method of torturing prisoners and patients

• To anger the gods

• To violate human rights

Today, medical research on humans is...

• still conducted

• neccessary

• both of these