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FoH Historical Contributions

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Known as the "Father of Medicine" & laid the foundation for the professional behavior of the others.

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Clara Barton

2.

What "oath" do doctors take prior to practicing medicine?

a)

Doctor Oath

b)

Hippocratic Oath

c)

Nursing Oath

d)

Oath to be a good Doctor

3.

This person believed that illness was not caused by evil spirits and stressed the importance of good diet, fresh air, cleanliness and exercise.

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Elizabeth Blackwell

d)

Edward Jenner

4.

Who invented the microscope lense so you could look at organisms?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Rene Laennec

d)

Benjamin Franklin

5.

Who scraped their teeth and observed the bacteria that causes tooth decay?

a)

Ben Carson

b)

Joseph Lister

c)

Sir Alexander Fleming

d)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

6.

Who invented bifocals?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Rene Laennec

c)

Ben Carson

d)

Charles Richard Drew

7.

This person found that colds could be passed from person to person.

a)

Francis Clark

b)

James Watson

c)

Benjamin Frankliin

d)

Joseph Listor

8.

Who developed a vaccination for smallpox?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

Rene Laennec

d)

Robert Koch

9.

This person inveneted the stethescope that was made of wood.

a)

Rene Laennec

b)

Elizabeth Blackwell

c)

Sir Alexander Fleming

d)

Sigmund Freud

10.

The first female physician in the US was?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Patricia Bath

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Elizabeth Blackwell

11.

Who is known as the "Founder of Modern Medicine"?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Elizabeth Blackwell

d)

Sigmund Freud

12.

Known as the "Father of Microbiology"

a)

Ben Carson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Wilheim Roentgen

13.

Created a vaccine for rabies.

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Willheim Roentgen

d)

Sir Alexander Fleming

14.

Who was the first to use an antiseptic during surgery?

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Charles Richard Drew

d)

Francis Crick

15.

This person formed the American Red Cross?

a)

Ben Carson

b)

Christian Barnard

c)

Patricia Bath

d)

Clara Barton

16.

This person isolated the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB).

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Joseph Listor

d)

Louis Pasteur

17.

X-Rayed his wifes hand:

a)

Robert Koch

b)

Wilhelm Roentgen

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Benjamin Franklin

18.

This person discovered the conscious and unconscious part of the mind.

a)

Jonas Silk

b)

Albert Sabin

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Ben Carson

19.

Discovered penicillin:

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Wilheim Roentgen

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Sir Alexander Fleming

20.

These 2 discovered the polio vaccine.

a)

Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin

b)

Ben Carson, Benjamin Franklin

c)

Francis Crick, James Watson

d)

Wilheim Roentgen, Sigmund Freud

21.

Performed the first human to human heart transplant.

a)

Christian Barnard

b)

Patricia Bath

c)

Ben Carson

d)

Charles Richard Drew

22.

Responsible for the surgery that seperated siamese twins joined at the head.

a)

Ben Carson

b)

Patricia Bath

c)

Christian Barnard

d)

Charles Richard Drew