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History of Health Care

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

discovered that microorganisms were everywhere and that they caused disease, he created pasteurization, he developed a vaccine for rabies

a)

Ernst von Bergmann

b)

Joseph Lister

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Edward Jenner

2.

the founder of modern nursing, she began professional education for nurses.

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Florence Nightingale

3.

Dark Ages

a)

•Many lived in filth, with little or no personal hygiene

b)

•Medical universities were created in the 9th Century to train physicians how to use knowledge to treat illness

c)

•Medicines were mainly herbal mixtures

d)

•Prayer and divine intervention were used to fight illness and disease

4.

•based his knowledge of the human body on observations of the external body

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

5.

discovered that the mind has a conscious and unconscious realm, his studies are the basis for psychology and psychiatry

a)

Jonas Salk

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Sir Alexander Fleming

d)

Gerhard Domagk

6.

established the principles of heredity & recessive/dominant traits

a)

Paul Ehrlich

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Gregory Mendel

d)

Dmitri Ivanovski

7.

known as “Father of Microbiology” discovered many disease causing organisms

a)

Wilhelm Roentgen

b)

Joseph Lister

c)

Paul Ehrlich

d)

Robert Koch

8.

invented the 1st mercury thermometer

a)

Ignaz Semmelweiss

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Joseph Priestly

d)

Gabriel Fahrenheit

9.

invented bifocals and discovered that colds could be passed from person to person

a)

Ernst von Bergmann

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Edward Jenner

10.

the 1st female physician in the U.S. in 1849

a)

Elizabeth Blackwell

b)

Florence Nightingale

c)

Dorthea Dix

d)

Norma Pruitt

11.

This is the founder of the American Red Cross

a)

Anton van Leewenhoek

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Rene Laennec

d)

Florence Nightingale

12.

These people were the first to keep medical records

a)

Russians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Romans

d)

Greeks

13.

This time period was known as the "rebirth of the science of medicine"?

a)

Dark ages

b)

Middle ages

c)

Renaissance

d)

18th Century

14.
Ancient people believed that _____ caused illness and death. 
a)
Germs
b)
Evil spirits
c)
Bacteria
d)
Food
15.

Which of the following time periods had the most advances in medicine and healthcare?

a)

Dark Ages

b)

19th Century

c)

The Renaissance

d)

20th Century