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Medicine Revision Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What theory of medical treatment did Galen develop in Roman Britain?

a)

Theory of Evolution

b)

Theory of the Four Humours

c)

Theory of Everything

d)

Theory of Opposites

2.

In what century was the printing press invented?

a)

14th

b)

15th

c)

16th

d)

17th

3.

Which of the below was most important in the provision of medical care in the Middle Ages?

a)

The King

b)

The NHS

c)

The Church

d)

The Wars of the Roses

4.

In what area did Andreas Vesalius challenge Galen's ideas?

a)

Treatment of wounds

b)

The circulation of the blood

c)

Anatomy

d)

The theory of the four humours

5.

In what year did Pasteur outline his germ theory?

a)

1851

b)

1868

c)

1861

d)

1848

6.

Why was the Public Health Act 1875 more effective than the 1848 Act?

a)

It provided more funding for new sewers

b)

It was compulsory

c)

More working class men had been given the vote in 1867

d)

Germ theory and other developments had shown that good sanitation was important

7.

Which of these individuals understood and believed in germ theory to help their developments?

a)

Edwin Chadwick

b)

John Snow

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Robert Koch

8.

Which of the below was not a development during the First World War?

a)

The use of sodium citrate to store blood.

b)

Harold Ghillies used new techniques in plastic surgery to reconstruct facial injuries.

c)

The development of vaccinations for cholera and tuberculosis

d)

The use of mobile X-rays to diagnose injury

9.

The NHS changed medicine because...

a)

... it made healthcare affordable for everyone in Britain.

b)

... it gave government a more significant role in medicine.

c)

... it made emergency hospital care free for patients.

d)

... it ensured that surgeons did not operate with bear hands and therefore protected bear populations from extinction.

10.

The discovery of DNA has led to new developments in these areas of medicine.

a)

Prevention

b)

Treatment

c)

Public Health

d)

Diagnosis