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History of Medicine 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
He believed sickness had a physical and rational explanation and taught against ethically improper conduct.  Also coined terms like acute, chronic and epidemic 
a)
Galen
b)
Imhotep
c)
Hippocrates 
d)
Avicenna 
2.

The Romans are known to have contributed which to modern medicine and medical practices? (more than one answer)

a)

Public health initiatives

b)

Improved technology in medical instruments

c)

Constructed sewers and removed trash and waste from the cities

d)

Provided fresh water via aqueducts

e)

Built wicked awesome statues and buildings and stuff

3.

Who isolated radium in 1910?

a)

William Harvey

b)

Sir Alexander Fleming

c)

William Roentgen

d)

Marie Curie

4.

This was the name of the plague that resulted in the death of 75% of the population in Europe and Asia?

a)

Typhoid

b)

Ebola

c)

Bubonic

d)

H1N1

5.

Which of the following people invented the microscope?

a)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

John Hunter

d)

Edward Jenner

6.

Which of the following people is responsible for pasteurization?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

William Beaumont

c)

Elie Metchnikoff

d)

Sir Alexander Fleming

7.

Which of the following people developed the antibiotic Penicillin?

a)

Wilhelm ron Roentgen

b)

Francis Crick

c)

Sir Alexander Fleming

d)

Joseph Lister

8.
Which group of people was responsible for the earliest healthcare records?
a)
Chinese
b)
Egyptians
c)
Romans
d)
Greeks
9.
Who was the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery?
a)
Ernst von Bergmann
b)
Joseph Lister
c)
Paul Ehrlich
d)
Gerhard Domagk
10.
Ancient people believed that _____ caused illness and death. 
a)
Germs
b)
Evil spirits
c)
Bacteria
d)
Food