History of Medicine

The Ancient Egyptians believed that the body was a system of channels. If a channel was clogged, the treatment to open the channel was....?

• bloodletting and leeches

• amputation

• trepanation and perfusion

• moxibustion and acupuncture

He believed sickness had a physical and rational explanation and taught against ethically improper conduct.  Also coined terms like acute, chronic and epidemic 

• Galen

• Imhotep

• Hippocrates 

• Avicenna 

Who was the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery?

• Ernst von Bergmann

• Joseph Lister

• Paul Ehrlich

• Gerhard Domagk

Which of the following people developed the antibiotic Penicillin?

• Wilhelm ron Roentgen

• Francis Crick

• Sir Alexander Fleming

• Joseph Lister

Who was the first to use aseptic techniques in surgery ?

• the mandalorian

• Ferdinand Cohn

• Oliver Wendall Holmes

• Joseph Lister

Identify the first antibiotic to be discovered.

• Paracetamol

• Penicillin

• Aspirin

• Statins

This Greek gentleman believed sickness had a physical and rational explanation and taught against ethically improper conduct. Also coined terms like acute, chronic and epidemic

• Galen

• Imhotep

• Hippocrates

• Avicenna

Avicenna is known for which accomplishment (that influenced physicians for centuries)?

• First vaccine

• "The Fabric of the Human Body"

• "The Cannon of Medicine"

• Anatomically correct drawings

Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox and actually coined the term "vaccine"?

• Davy

• Pare 

• Snow 

• Jenner 

What was Sir Alexander Fleming's contribution to medicine in the late 1920's? 

• Development of polio vaccine 

• Sterile surgical tecnhiques 

• Discovered penicillin 

• New heart surgery methods