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History of Medicine Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was believed to be the first physician?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Imhotep

c)

Claudius Galen

d)

Rene Lannec

2.

Who was the inventor of the microscope?

a)

Anton von Leeuhenhoek

b)

Ambrose Pare

c)

Rene Lannec

d)

Gabriel Fahrenheit

3.

Which ancient people were believed to be the first to keep medical records?

(a)  

4.

Who is considered the Father of Medicine?

a)

Gregory Mendel

b)

Jonas Salk

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Christian Barnard

5.

Who was the founder of modern nursing?

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Christian Barnard

6.

What did Sir Alexander Fleming discover in 1928?

a)

blood transfusions

b)

germs

c)

heart transplants

d)

Penicillin

7.

What did Rene Lannec discover?

(a)  

8.

What procedure did James Blundell invent?

a)

Using plants as medication

b)

Organ transplant

c)

Human dissection

d)

Blood transfusion

9.

What major contributions did Hippocrates make to the field of medicine?

a)

Taught that observing patients and taking notes is very important to finding cures

b)

Created the first hospital full of skilled nurses

c)

Taught that disease is a result of natural causes, not spiritual causes

d)

Encouraged cleanliness and proper diet to cure illness

e)

Used dissection to draw the human body

10.

Louis Pasteur invented a process called pasteurization that saves lives by killing bacteria in _

(a)  

11.

Edward Jenner invented the vaccine for which disease?

a)

Mumps

b)

Measles

c)

Polio

d)

Smallpox

e)

Rubella

12.

Leonardo di Vinci used human dissection to create what?

a)

Drawings of human anatomy

b)

Medications to treat diseases

c)

A method for organ transplants

d)

More beautiful paintings on church ceilings

13.

Who founded the American Red Cross?

(a)  

14.

People in Ancient Times believed illnesses were caused by

a)

Bacteria and viruses

b)

Natural causes

c)

Upsetting the gods, demons, evil spirits

d)

The four humors

15.

In Ancient times, most illnesses were treated by

a)

Barbers

b)

Nurses

c)

Doctors

d)

Priests and spiritual leaders

16.

How was the bubonic plague (or Black Death) spread?

a)

Sewage in drinking water

b)

Bite of a flea that has fed on an infected rodent

c)

Feces

d)

Coughing and sneezing

17.

Who developed the polio vaccine?

(a)  

18.

What contribution did Christian Barnard make to the field of medicine?

a)

Performed the first heart transplant

b)

Performed the first blood transfusion

c)

Father of Medicine

d)

Linked handwashing to the spread of infection

19.

 What advancements did ancient Hindus contribute to medicine?

a)

Created acupuncture

b)

Hospitals staffed by nurses

c)

Performed surgeries

d)

Built a sewer system to slow spread of infection

e)

Discovered Anesthesia

20.

Which ancient culture documented over 1000 medical herbs and established the science of acupuncture?

a)

Arabic

b)

Greek

c)

Egyptian

d)

Chinese

21.

A greater number of cases of an infectious disease than normal in a population or area is called a/an

a)

Epidemic

b)

Pandemic

c)

Outbreak

d)

Endemic

22.

An epidemic that spreads to a significantly larger population across several countries or continents is called a _

(a)