WorksheetsThe History of Medicine Quiz
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 42mins
This Greek gentleman believed sickness had a physical and rational explanation and taught against ethically improper conduct. Also coined terms like acute, chronic and epidemic
Galen
Imhotep
Hippocrates
Avicenna
Avicenna is known for which accomplishment (that influenced physicians for centuries)?
First vaccine
"The Fabric of the Human Body"
"The Cannon of Medicine"
Anatomically correct drawings
The Egyptian empire made great improvements in which medical practices (click all that apply)
Prosthetics (fake limbs)
Surgery
Dentistry
Antibiotics
Transplants
Which contributions to the medical field can the Greeks take credit for? (click all that apply)
Natural approach to healing
Focus on patients' state of mind
Harmony between individual and environment
Brain surgery
What was the primary focus of the Hippocratic Oath?
Described over 200 diseases
The tale of an old man and the sea
Focused on the ethical conduct of physicians and the honorable standards of the profession
Mr. Dalton, there is no such thing. Why do you lie to us so much??!!
The Romans are known to have contributed which to modern medicine and medical practices? (mark all that apply)
Public health initiatives
Improved technology in medical instruments
Constructed sewers and removed trash and waste from the cities
Provided fresh water via aqueducts
Built wicked awesome statues and buildings and stuff
During the Dark Ages in Europe, the Islamic Empire was making what contributions to medicine? (mark all that apply)
Translated texts by Galen and Hippocrates
Hospitals and schools
Made advances in things like the study of disease and the use of quarantine
Mummification
Lazer beams!
Who wrote "The Fabric of the Human Body"?
Da Vinci
Avicenna
Vesalius
Galen
Van Leeuwenhoek developed powerful microscopes AND discovered which:
Single-celled life, such as bacteria
Smallpox vaccine
Pasteurization procedures
Anesthesia
During the Industrial Revolution, which of the following contributed to significant changes in the medical field? (mark all that apply)
More people now lived closer together in larger cities
Public records now available
Rapid technological advancements
MORE LAZER BEAMS!!!
What contribution to medicine did Wilhelm Roentgen offer?
Vaccines
LASER BEAMS!
X-ray machines
Antibiotics
Who was the first to show "spontaneous generation" was incorrect? Hint: he did experiments with rotting meet and broth in glass containers)
Snow
VanHalen
Spallanzani
Dalton
Who is known as the "Father of Bacteriology" and was the first to link microorganisms (bacterial, viruses, etc.) to disease in humans?
Snow
VanLeeuwenhoek
Koch
Pasteur
Who developed a blood storage method that is still used today?
Thomas
Blackwell
Roentgen
Drew
