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Intro to Health Chp. 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _______ were also the first to study the pulse as a

means of diagnosis.

a)

German

b)

Chinese

c)

French

d)

Americans

2.

The ________ began the practice of medical examinations and introduced the concepts of diagnosis

a)

Egyptians

b)

Greeks

c)

Chinese

d)

Japanese

3.

___________ was a Greek physician who described

many diseases and conditions in the fifth century

BCE

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Galen

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Socrates

4.

Hippocrates has been credited with writing the ________

a)

Hippocratic Oath

b)

HIPPA

c)

bloodletting diaries

d)

Hippo Oath

5.

An emblem of the medical profession is called the_______

a)

cadence

b)

caudal

c)

caduceus

d)

cane

6.

Hospitals were created in ________ times

a)

Greek

b)

Roman

c)

Latin

d)

old

7.

Cataract surgery of the eye was first performed by

_________surgeons.

a)

Greek

b)

Ancient

c)

Roman

d)

Latin

8.

_____________ believed that they should honor the

patient’s wishes and never force treatment on a

patient.

a)

Egyptians

b)

Romans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Greeks

9.

___________ (the bubonic plague, in particular)

killed millions of people during this period.

a)

earthquake

b)

pandemic

c)

epidemic

d)

tornado

10.

_______________described numerous medical conditions including asthma, diabetes, hepatitis, and pneumonia in his writings.

a)

Galen

b)

Maimonides

c)

Elizabeth Blackwell

d)

Sigmund Freud

11.

_________ were not allowed to practice medicine,

but were allowed to be nurses and midwives.

a)

children

b)

women

c)

men

d)

first borns

12.

during the ___________ was the invention of the microscope.

a)

19th century

b)

1800s

c)

Renaissance

d)

Civil War

13.

______________has been called the “father of microscopy.”

a)

Leeuwenhoek

b)

Barton

c)

Semmelweis

d)

Blackwell

14.

Who was the “English father of microscopy?”

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek

d)

Florence Nightingale

15.

_________ was a highly infectious, and often fatal, disease

caused by a poxvirus.

a)

Rabies

b)

Smallpox

c)

Measels

d)

Lyme Disease