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20 things about Health

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the microscope invented?

a)

1500

b)

1600

c)

1700

d)

1800

2.

Why was the invention of the microscope essential for Medical Progress?

a)

Could see miasmas

b)

Proved Copernicus was right

c)

See the Four Humours

d)

See germs for first time

3.

Who discovered germs caused disease and not the other way round?

a)

Robert Koch

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Paul Ehrlich

d)

Joseph Lister

4.

Now he knew about germs Pasteur could develop a vaccine. What was it a vaccine against?

a)

smallpox

b)

rabies

c)

measles

d)

influenza

5.

Who taught Edward Jenner the skills of careful observation & scientific method?

a)

John Hunter

b)

Edwin Chadwick

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

William Harvey

6.

Why didn't Jenner not make a second vaccine after the success of Smallpox vaccine?

a)

He didn't believe it was possible

b)

Without germ theory he didn't know how it worked

c)

He was lazy

d)

He died a year after the vaccine was first used.

7.

Cholera arrived in UK by 1831. When did John Snow discover it was spread by water?

a)

1848

b)

1854

c)

1875

d)

1906

8.

Cholera scared Parliament enough to make the pass what?

a)

1972 Artisans Dwelling Act

b)

1875 Public Health Act

c)

1911 National Insurance Act

d)

1948 NHS Act

9.

When the NHS was set up what did Nye Bevan call 'stuffing their mouths with gold'?

a)

Banning them from talking to the papers

b)

Allowing doctors to keep private paying patients

c)

Allowing doctors to also be dentists

d)

Giving free fillings

10.

As a factor, how does the Government help Health?

a)

Makes new discoveries

b)

Inspires individuals

c)

Spreads treatment to a wider group of people

d)

Spreads knowledge quicker

11.

Because he could not dissect humans, which of these are mistakes Galen made?

a)

That blood was made in the liver and burnt up in muscles

b)

Hair grows from muscles

c)

Humans have two eyes

d)

The jaw is made up of two bones

12.

Why could no one challenge Galen's ideas in the Middle Ages?

a)

No one knew Galen existed

b)

Galen had been made a saint

c)

Dissection was not allowed

d)

Galen's work was all in Latin and no one understood it

13.

Why was Alexander inspired to look for an antibiotic like penicillin?

a)

He was a collector of mold.

b)

He heard Paul Ehrlich speak about the limits of Salvarsan 606.

c)

He studied under John Hunter

d)

He had seen many men die of infection during WW1

14.

What chance event helped Fleming discover penicillin?

a)

He bought a moldy loaf at a corner shop

b)

He went back to check the 606th sample

c)

Petri dishes out with staphylococci germs & went on hols

d)

Brian Chance was his Lab Assistant

15.

After discovering blood was pumped round the body why couldn't Harvey do blood transfusion?

a)

He fainted when he saw blood

b)

He didn't know about blood groups

c)

He didn't think men and women should share blood

d)

He didn't want to upset Galen

16.

Who were the only people copying medical books in the early Middle Ages?

a)

Monks

b)

Priests

c)

Galen

d)

Knights

17.

Name a hospital run by the church and paid for by charity giving?

a)

Doncaster Royal Infirmary

b)

Coram Foundling Hospital

c)

Guy's

d)

St Bartholomew's

18.

When did Karl Landsteiner discover blood groups?

a)

1888

b)

1901

c)

1856

d)

1937

19.

Why did some Christians not like chloroform?

a)

It wasn't mentioned in the Bible

b)

They felt the Bible said that woman 'should bring forth children in sorrow'

c)

It used to catch fire

d)

They didn't like drugs

20.

What was some of the problems with using chloroform?

a)

It allowed doctors to cut deeper and spread infection

b)

The doctors became addicted.

c)

It use to catch on fire.

d)

A wrong dose could kill eg Hannah Greener