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WorksheetsThe Big Fat Health Quiz
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which statement about Hippocrates is NOT true
He's an Ancient Greek
He created the Hippocratic oath
He created the theory of 4 humours
He believed that it was pointless looking at a patient's symptoms
Which of these statement about Galen is false?
The Church disliked him
The Church copied out his books
He believed in the soul
He believed that the body of humans were similar to those of pigs
Why was Medieval Public Health so poor? Pick 2
No understanding of the existence of germs
No running water and plumbing
The Church taught people to not get a bath
The government encouraged towns to be dirty
Which theory was NOT believed during the Medieval period?
Miasma
4 humours
astrology
Germ theory
What was not a symptom of the Black Death?
buboes
sweating and sickness
dizziness and confusion
hair loss
Who discovered penicillin?
Dr John Snow
Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner
Who discovered chloroform?
Alexander Fleming
Dr John Snow
James Simpson
Joseph Lister
Who discovered Germ Theory?
Edward Jenner
Louis Pasteur
Dr John Snow
Robert Koch
When was the Black Death?
1340
1348
1360
1383
Who was the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
Galen
Alexander Fleming
Ibn Sina
Which of these WASN'T a Medieval belief about the cause of the Black Death?
Position of the stars and planets
Rats carrying diseases
Bad air
Jews poisoning wells
What year was the Great Plague?
1662
1673
1642
1665
What did people in the Middle Ages believe caused the plague? Pick 2
Bad air
Rats
Dirty Water
Position of the stars and planets
What was chloroform?
A war
An anaesthetic
An antiseptic
A medicine
Who discovered the cause of cholera?
Alexander Fleming
Edwin Chadwick
Joseph Bazalgette
Dr John Snow
How did Hannah Greener die?
Murdered
Natural causes
Chloroform overdose
Paracetamol overdose
What is the miasma theory?
Disease is caused by bad air
Disease is caused by animals
Disease is a punishment sent by God
Disease is caused by rats
Who wasn't part of Islamic Medicine? Choose 2
Al-Razi
Pare
Galen
Ibn Sina
Which isn't one of the 4 humours?
Sweat
Phlegm
Yellow Bile
Blood
Black Bile
What did Harvey spend his life studying?
The brain
Blood
Cures for diseases
The lungs
What oath do doctors have to take?
Galen's Oath
The Vesalic Oath
The Hippocratic Oath
The patients Oath
What time period is often called the “rebirth of the science of medicine.”
Dark Ages
Middle Ages
Renaissance
17th Century
In what year did Pasteur outline his germ theory?
1851
1868
1861
1848
Which of these individuals understood and believed in germ theory to help their developments?
Edwin Chadwick
John Snow
Florence Nightingale
Robert Koch
Which 3 of these factors helped Florey and Chain's mass production of penicillin?
Government
Religion
Communication
War
Why was there so little progress in medicine in the middle ages? Choose 2
The power of the Church
People were stupid back then
No-one found any new information
Wars between states meant government spent little on medicine
Who led the team that discovered Salvason 606, the first 'magic bullet' (chemical cures for disease) in 1909?
Dr Paul Erlich
Alexander Fleming
Robert Koch
Franz Beckenbauer
Who promoted and defended Galen's work?
physician priests
Galen's students
Pharohs/emperor's
The Church
What did Vesalius specialise in?
The anatomy
The brain
Lungs
Vaccines
Which individual was around in the Renaissance?
Joseph Lister
Thomas Sydenham (the English Hippocrates)
James Simpson
Galen
Alexander Fleming
What year was the NHS set up?
1948
1950
1820
1958
1967
What are the dates for the Renaissance period of medicine?
1250-1500
1500-1700
1700-1900
1900-present
The invention of what instrument confirmed diseases were caused by microorganisms?
Microscope
Bifocals
Xrays
Stethoscope
What did The Beveridge report suggest the government should do?
look after people from the 'cradle to the coffin'
look after people from the 'cradle to the grave'
look after people from the 'nursery to the elderly care home'
Who opposed the National Health Service?
The government
The doctors
The politicians
What is Laissez-faire?
How healthy people are
Belief that government should stay out of people's lives. It comes from the French, meaning to leave alone or to allow to do.
The belief that through chemistry all illnesses could be healed
An association of professional surgeons
Who was Edwin Chadwick and how did he try to help improve public health?
An engineer who built the London Sewer system
A surgeon who took the handle off the broad street pump to stop the outbreak of Cholera
A scientist that discovered Germ Theory
Lawyer and social reformer who wrote a report that encouraged government action on Public Health
What happened in 1867 that helped improve Public Health?
Working class men were given the right to vote
The great stink happened which meant that the Government wanted to take action
There was a cholera outbreak
Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccine became compulsory
Who copied books in the Middle Ages and so controlled what was learnt?
Knights
Monks
Secretaries
Bishops
What method did Robert Koch develop to identify TB (1882) and Cholera (1883)?
Used chemical dyes to stain microbes so that they could be seen under a microscope
Used dye stained microbes to develop vaccinations
Tested why liquids went sour in the brewing industry
Carried out controlled experiments on human volunteers
Which individual was responsible for improvement in hospital care?
John Snow
Robert Koch
Florence Nightingale
Joseph Bazalgette
What is asepsis or aseptic surgery?
Cutting off (all or part) of a limb through surgery.
A substance that prevents clotting.
Drugs given to patients to prevent them feeling pain
Sterilising the air, clothing and operating tools to prevent germs
What was the name of the antiseptic discovered by Joseph Lister in the 1850s?
Carbolic Acid
Ether
Chloroform
Nitrous Oxide
The (second) Public Health Act 1875 ensured that Local Councils had to provide the following…
Free vaccinations, health education
Free lighting and gas supplies
Clean water, public toilets and sewers
Rubbish removal
Who Invented X-Rays?
Davinci
Lister
Jenner
Roetgen
