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History of Medicine

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the father of medicine?

a)

Pare

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Nightingale

d)

Blackwell

2.

Who Invented X-Rays?

a)

Davinci

b)

Lister

c)

Jenner

d)

Roetgen

3.

Acceptance of dissection of the body, invention of the printing press, and a renewed interest in medicine:

a)

Middle ages

b)

Dark Ages

c)

Renaissance

d)

Egyptians

4.

What oath do doctors have to take?

a)

Galen's Oath

b)

The Vesalic Oath

c)

The Hippocratic Oath

d)

The patients Oath

5.

Which individual discovered the heart pumped blood around the body?

a)

Harvey

b)

Sydenham

c)

Vesalius

d)

Pare

6.

Who were the first to use acupuncture therapies?

a)

Greeks

b)

Romans

c)

Chinese

d)

Egyptians

7.

What did the primitive humans think caused illness and disease?

a)

bugs

b)

plants

c)

supernatural spirits

d)

blood

8.

Edward Jenner recorded the anatomy of the body

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The word dissection means act or process of dividing, taking apart?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Who is the founder of the Red Cross?

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Elizabeth Blackwell

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Queen Elizabeth

11.
Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by 
a)
Sir Alexander Fleming
b)
Dr. Philippe Pinel
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
William Roentgen
12.
Founder of modern nursing.
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Sir Alexander Fleming
c)
Clara Barton
d)
Florence Nightengale
13.

Who is the father of microbiology?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Da Vinci

c)

Jenner

d)

Pasteur

14.

This person 'accidentally' discovered the X-ray....

a)

Wilhelm Roentgen

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Alexander Fleming

15.

This person is considered the founder of modern Nursing

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Elizabeth Blackwell

d)

Edward Jenner

16.

Who was the Greek that focused on the ethical nature of medicine and revolutionized how patients are diagnosed?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Galen

c)

Avicenna

d)

Asclepius

17.

What was the primary focus of the Hippocratic Oath?

a)

Described over 200 diseases

b)

The tale of an old man and the sea

c)

Focused on the ethical conduct of physicians and the honorable standards of the profession

d)

Mr. Dalton, there is no such thing. Why do you lie to us so much??!!

18.
What was Sir Alexander Fleming's contribution to medicine in the late 1920's? 
a)
Development of polio vaccine 
b)
Sterile surgical tecnhiques 
c)
Discovered penicillin 
d)
New heart surgery methods 
19.

What contribution to medicine did Wilhelm Roentgen offer?

a)

Vaccines

b)

LASER BEAMS!

c)

X-ray machines

d)

Antibiotics

20.
Who was the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery?
a)
Ernst von Bergmann
b)
Joseph Lister
c)
Paul Ehrlich
d)
Gerhard Domagk
21.
Ancient people believed that _____ caused illness and death. 
a)
Germs
b)
Evil spirits
c)
Bacteria
d)
Food
22.

Who discovered x-rays?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

William Conrad Roentgen

c)

Edward Mellanby

d)

Charles Gabriel Pravaz

23.

Sir Alexander Fleming discovered what in 1928?

a)

anesthesia

b)

vaccines

c)

the germ theory

d)

penicillin

24.

The first disease to have a vaccine was?

a)

rickets

b)

scurvy

c)

smallpox

d)

chicken pox

25.

Who is the Father of Immunology

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Elizabeth Blackwell

c)

Charles Gabriel Pravaz

d)

Earle Dickson

26.

The Ancient Egyptians believed that the body was a system of channels. If a channel was clogged, the treatment to open the channel was....?

a)

bloodletting and leeches

b)

amputation

c)

trepanation and perfusion

d)

moxibustion and acupuncture

27.

How was the Ancient Greeks belief different from the previous generations? (Click all that apply)

a)

They no longer believed in evil spirits cause the disease.

b)

They believed in the need to treat the whole body.

c)

Illness was the result of natural causes.

28.
Who was the first to begin to make very precise anatomical drawings (during the Renaissance period)? 
a)
Vesalius 
b)
Da Vinci
c)
Spallanzani 
d)
Vivaldi 
29.

The Egyptian empire made great improvements in which medical practices (more than one answer)

a)

Prosthetics (fake limbs)

b)

Surgery

c)

Dentistry

d)

Antibiotics

e)

Transplants

30.

Why were human dissections nearly impossible to perform until the 16th century?

a)

Everyone was cremated

b)

The Black Plague prevented it

c)

It was feared that a zombie apocalypse was on the horizon

d)

It was considered disrespectful to desecrate a body...AND one could potentially rise from the grave.

31.

Van Leeuwenhoek developed powerful microscopes AND discovered which:

a)

Single-celled life, such as bacteria

b)

Smallpox vaccine

c)

Pasteurization procedures

d)

Anesthesia

32.
Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox and actually coined the term "vaccine"?
a)
Davy
b)
Pare 
c)
Snow 
d)
Jenner 
33.
Which of the following was NOT one of the many fabulous contributions made by Louis Pasteur? 
a)
Pasteurization methods 
b)
Vaccine for anthrax 
c)
Vaccine for Rabies 
d)
Vaccine for Smallpox 
34.
Who discovered a polio vaccine that saved millions of lives in the 1950's? 
a)
Koch
b)
Salk
c)
Lister 
d)
Drew 
35.
What was Sir Alexander Fleming's contribution to medicine in the late 1920's? 
a)
Development of polio vaccine 
b)
Sterile surgical tecnhiques 
c)
Discovered penicillin 
d)
New heart surgery methods 
36.

Joseph Lister made which contribution to medicine?

a)

First to notice cleaner environments lead to less infection

b)

First widely-used anesthesia

c)

Refuted the theory of spontaneous generation

d)

Use of light sabers as medical tools (especially for amputations)

37.

How many bones are in the human body?

a)

20

b)

206

c)

1,000

d)

Eleventy billion!

38.

Greeks believed Humours could be affected by what?

a)

The Seasons

b)

The Age a person was

c)

The Gods

d)

The Tides

39.

Sir Alexander Fleming discovered what in 1928?

a)

anesthesia

b)

vaccines

c)

the germ theory

d)

penicillin

40.

Who is the Father of Immunology

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Elizabeth Blackwell

c)

Charles Gabriel Pravaz

d)

Earle Dickson

41.

Who invented the microscope?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Florence Nightingale

c)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

d)

Joseph Lister

42.

What is Edward Jenner known for?

a)

Developed smallpox vaccination

b)

Invented microscope

c)

Father of Medicine

d)

Invented stethoscope

43.

Who discovered x-rays?

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Rene Laennec

c)

Joseph Priestly

d)

Wilhelm Roentgen

44.

Ben Carson....

(check all that apply)

a)

was the first to perform surgery on conjoined twins

b)

was a neurosurgeon

c)

is still considered one of the most successful neurosurgeons to date

45.

Who founded the American Red Cross?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Florence Nightengale

c)

Rene Laennec

46.

__________ is considered the father of medicine.

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Clara Burton

47.

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

a)

Dark ages

b)

Middle ages

c)

Renaissance

d)

18th Century

48.
Which group of people was responsible for the earliest healthcare records?
a)
Chinese
b)
Egyptians
c)
Romans
d)
Greeks
49.
Ancient people believed that _____ caused illness and death. 
a)
Germs
b)
Evil spirits
c)
Bacteria
d)
Food
50.

Who created the microscope?

a)

Pasteur

b)

Harvey

c)

Watson

d)

Leeuwenhoek

51.

What was used to cure headaches in the Dark Ages?

a)

Blood

b)

Leeches

c)

Blood Letting

d)

Herbs

52.

Who helped discover the double-helix structure for DNA?

a)

Watson

b)

Crick

c)

Franklin

d)

All of the above

53.

Who created the first pregnancy test?

a)

Ancient Egyptians

b)

Ancient Romans

c)

Ancient Greeks

d)

Ancient Chinese

54.

Midwives were popular during this period due to lack of affordable health care?

a)

Dark Ages

b)

Renaissance

c)

Primitive Times

d)

None of the Above

55.

Who was the step-father of Pablo Picasso's children?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

James Watson

c)

Jonas Salk

d)

None of these

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