WorksheetsHistory of Healthcare - 1A
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
When was the smallpox vaccine invented and by who?
In 1694 by John Smith
In 1810 by Napoleon Bonaparte
In 1796 by Edward Jenner
In 1848 by Edward Jenner
Who invented the microscope?
Robert Hooke
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Edward Jenner
Daniel Vasella
What are the symptoms of scurvy?
Weakness, fatigue, slow wound healing, gum disease, rough skin
Dull, greyish skin, large welts, fever
Painful, bleeding rashes, vomiting, general malaise
All of the above
What is tuberculosis?
A disease that attacks the lungs
A disease that attacks the liver
Brain Cancer
Heart disease
How does blood circulation work?
Flows randomly through the body
Pumps through a specific route in the body
It doesn’t flow, it stays still
You regenerate new blood every month
Who invented CT-scans?
Mr. Russell
Jean-Michel Dubernard
Robert S. Ledley
Camille Schaffer
What was the name of the sheep that became the first clone?
Dolly
Molly
Polly
Jolly
Who was best known for discovering pasteurization?
James Mary
Lora Anderson
Louis Pasteur
John Smith
Who invented bifocal lenses for glasses?
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
Amy Tan
Frances Frazier
What did Robert Koch discover in 1876 that is considered as the birth of modern bacteriology?
Omeprazole
Anthrax bacteria
Zolgensma
Amlodipine
In what year did Henrietta Lacks pass away from cervical cancer?
1938
1964
1951
1899
Why wasn’t surgery safe until the mid 1940s?
They didn’t have blood transfusions, penicillin, and antibiotics.
Doctors wanted patients to die for more money.
The tools were rusty.
The operating table was always dirty.
What organ was the first organ to ever be transplanted?
Kidney
Liver
Heart
Pancreas
Why did lifespan grow a lot during 1945-1975?
Better hygiene and immunizations
Failed transplants
Asbestos made you stronger
Vacuums
Who was known as the “Father of Medicine”?
Hippocrates
Alcmaeon
Socrates
Plato
What was Wilhelm Roentgen known for?
Discovered Ebola
Discovered X rays
Discovering the light bulb
Invented the big mac
Why did Alexander Fleming receive his Nobel prize?
His work for physiology and medicine
Finding the cure for cancer
Finding out what the krabby patty formula
His mathematician work
Jonas Salk discovered that…
A killed polio virus would cause immunity to polio
Antarctica had rainforest 90 million years ago
There might be signs of life on mars
RNA sequencing
In 1816 what did Rene Laennec invent that was used to listen to the sounds made from the heart and lungs?
Microscope
Stethoscope
X-Ray
Medical Thermometer
Who is considered the inventor of chemotherapy?
Wilhem Roentgen
Alexander Fleming
Paul Ehrlich
Joseph Lister
What sexually transmitted disease was identified in 1983?
Gonorrhea
HIV
Syphilis
HPV
What's something that Gabriele Fallopio discovered?
cells
The eustachian tube (Fallopian tubes)
Circulation of blood
The fine point syringe
What is the name of the skeleton in Mr. Russell's room?
Indiana Bones
Sans
Skeletor
Bony Stark
mRNA vaccines like the COVID19 vaccine are based on 30 _______ of research and development.
30 minutes
30 months
30 years
30 days
The COVID19 vaccine uses...
mRNA
DNA
Proteins
RNA
