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Historical Figures in Medicine

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

Ambroise Pare

1.

known as the father of modern surgery

b)

Gabriel Fallopius

2.

identified fallopian tubes

c)

William Harvey

3.

described circulation of blood

d)

Anton Leeuwenhoek

4.

invented the microscope

e)

Gabriel Fahrenheit

5.

created the 1st mercury thermometer

2.

Edward Jenner

a)

created 1st mercury thermometer

b)

developed a vaccine for smallpox

c)

described circulatory system

d)

invented bifocals

3.

Benjamin Franklin

a)

created 1st mercury thermometer

b)

developed a vaccine for smallpox

c)

described circulatory system

d)

invented bifocals

4.

One of several individuals called the "Father of Microbiology"

(a)  

5.

Rene Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec invented the stethoscope, draw a picture of this tool

6.

Match the following

a)

Rene Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec

1.

invented the stethoscope

b)

John Hunter

2.

est. scientific surgical procedures

c)

3.

identified the eustachian tube

d)

Apothecaries

4.

made, prescribed and sold medications

e)

Joseph Priestly

5.

discovered the element of oxygen

7.

Anton VanLeeuwenhoek named the small things he saw under the microscope ______

a)

little animals

b)

cells

c)

bacteria

d)

animalcules

8.
What did Leeuwenhoek create to look at cells?
a)
Light Bulb
b)
Telescope
c)
Cork Cells
d)
Microscope
9.

Place each in their time period

Categorize the following

use of ligatures to bind arteries and stop bleeding

circulation of blood to and from the heart

1st successful cesarean section operation performed

small pox vaccine developed

1st anatomy book published

16th Century
17th Century
18th Century
Renaissance