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History of Healthcare Pretest

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Italian artist who painted the anatomy of the inside of the body

a)

Andrea Johnson

b)
Raphael
c)

Susan B Anthony

d)
Leonardo da Vinci
2.

Known for inventing/discovering the microscope

a)
Galileo Galilei
b)

Deon Andrews

c)
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
d)
Robert Hooke
3.

Known as the Father of Modern Medicine

(a)  

4.

Known as the father of Pulmonary Medicine; discovered/invented the stethoscope

(a)  

5.

Known as the founder of Modern Nursing

a)
Florence Nightingale
b)
Dorothea Dix
c)
Mary Seacole
d)
Clara Barton
6.

Founder of the American Red Cross

(a)  

7.

Known for inventing/discovering the mercury thermometer

a)
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Galileo Galilei
d)
Isaac Newton
8.

The 1st female physician in the United States

a)
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
b)
Virginia Apgar
c)
Mary Edwards Walker
d)
Elizabeth Blackwell
9.

Began using antiseptics during surgery to prevent infections

a)
Joseph Lister
b)

Susan B Anthony

c)

Elizabeth Blackwell

d)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

10.

Isolated radium in1910

a)
Marie Curie
b)

Elizabeth Blackwell

c)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

d)

Susan B Anthony

11.

What does the acronym WHO stand for?

(a)  

12.

involves the use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical or health care services

(a)  

13.

an infectious disease that affects a large of people within a population, community, or region at the same time

a)
epidemic
b)
infection
c)
outbreak
d)
pandemic
14.

an infectious disease that affects many people over a wide geographic area; worldwide

a)
Epidemic
b)
Outbreak
c)
Endemic
d)
Pandemic
15.

discovered the element oxygen

a)
Joseph Priestley
b)
Robert Boyle
c)
Henry Cavendish
d)
Antoine Lavoisier
16.

invented bifocal glasses

a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Albert Einstein
17.

performed 1st successful c-section operation

a)
Dr. Sarah Johnson
b)

Dr. Jesse Bennet

c)
Dr. Michael Smith
d)
Dr. Edward Murphy
18.

discovered a smallpox vaccine

a)
Robert Koch
b)
Joseph Lister
c)
Edward Jenner
d)
Louis Pasteur
19.

found cause of puerperal (childbirth) fever and importance of handwashing (1840s)

a)
Ignaz Semmelweis
b)
Florence Nightingale
c)
Joseph Lister
d)
Louis Pasteur
20.

invented stethoscope–began as a piece of rolled paper-then wooden tube inserted into ears to allow physicians to hear internal body sounds

a)

Bretta Jones

b)

Rene Laennec

c)

Joseph Lister

d)

John James