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History of Healthcare

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Chinese documented over 1000 medical herbs and established the science of...

a)

pharmacology

b)

sanitation

c)

acupuncture

d)

anatomy

2.

Which of the following people invented the microscope?

a)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Joseph Lister

d)

Edward Jenner

3.

Which of the following people is responsible for germ theory?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

William Beaumont

c)

Sir Alexander Fleming

4.

Which of the following people developed the antibiotic Penicillin?

a)

Wilhelm ron Roentgen

b)

Francis Crick

c)

Sir Alexander Fleming

d)

Joseph Lister

5.

Who invented the x-ray?

a)

Robert Koch

b)

William Roentgen

c)

Joseph Lister

6.

Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who was considered the founder of "modern nursing"?

a)

Elizabeth Blackwell

b)

Clara Burton

c)

Florence Nightengale

8.

Ben Carson....

(check all that apply)

a)

was the first to perform surgery on conjoined twins

b)

was a neurosurgeon

c)

is still considered one of the most successful neurosurgeons to date

9.

Who founded the American Red Cross?

a)

Clara Burton

b)

Florence Nightengale

c)

Rene Laennec

10.

__________ is considered the father of medicine.

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Clara Burton