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Review History of Medicine Part 2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are characteristics of the Renaissance Era that helped medicine advance?

a)

Public health provided (like fresh water and sewers)

b)

Printed texts now available

c)

Rebirth of education, art and science

d)

Many new discoveries made

2.

Who was the surgeon's assistant who helped pioneer heart surgery techniques?

a)

Vivien Thomas

b)

Richard Drew

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Jonas Salk

3.

What was the primary focus of the Hippocratic Oath?

a)

Described over 200 diseases

b)

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

c)

The Hippocratic Oath is a myth and does not exist!!

d)

The tale of an old man and how he discovered x-rays

4.

Who was the first to link microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, etc.) to disease?

a)

Van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

Robert Koch

5.

Who wrote "The Fabric of the Human Body", the first detailed anatomy illustration book?

a)

Avicenna

b)

Vesalius

c)

Da Vinci

d)

Galen

6.

During the Industrial Revolution, which of the following contributed to significant changes in the medical field? (more than one correct answer)

a)

Public records now available

b)

Rapid technological advancements in medicine and chemistry

c)

More people now lived closer together in large cities

d)

Mummification

7.

When did Elizabeth Blackwell graduate from Geneva Medical College?

a)

1449

b)

1649

c)

1849

d)

1949

8.

His contribution to medicine allows doctors to diagnose fractures using x-rays.

a)

Wilhelm Roentgen

b)

Vivien Thomas

c)

Ignaz Semmelweis

d)

Joseph Lister

9.

He discovered the vaccine for smallpox and actually coined the word "vaccine.

a)

Jonas Salk

b)

Alexander Fleming

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

Louis Pasteur

10.

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

a)

Everyone was cremated

b)

It was feared that a Zombie Apocalypse was on the horizon.

c)

The Black Plague prevented it.

d)

It was considered disrespectful tp desecrate a body, and one could potentially rise from the grave.

11.

He is known as the savior of new mothers and the "Father of Handwashing".

a)

Semmelweis

b)

Koch

c)

Spallanzani

d)

Jenner

12.

Which of the following was NOT one of the many fabulous contributions made by Louis Pasteur?

a)

Vaccine for rabies

b)

Pasteurization method

c)

Vaccine for smallpox

d)

Vaccine for anthrax

13.

Who challenged the teachings of Galen, performed dissections in public and wrote tons of books?

a)

DaVinci

b)

Vesalius

c)

Blackwell

d)

Salk

14.

Who is known as the Father of Modern Epidemiology?

a)

John Snow

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Richard Drew

15.

What was Joseph Lister's contribution to medicine?

a)

Refuted the Theory of Spontaneous Generation

b)

First to use anesthesia

c)

Discovered penicillin by accident

d)

First to notice that cleaner environments led to less infections

16.

Known for his work on making functional prosthetic limbs and development of silk sutures, he was known as "The First Surgeon of the King"

a)

Galen

b)

Pare

c)

Spallanzani

d)

Salk

17.

Because of him we are able to save millions of lives using blood transfusions.

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Richard Drew

c)

Vivien Thomas

d)

Jonas Salk

18.

She left her aristocratic family to help wounded soldiers and contributed to the elevation of the nursing profession

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Elizabeth Blackwell

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Vivien Thomas

19.

His contribution made dentistry, surgery and procedures like sutures tolerable for all patients.

a)

Humphry Davy

b)

Wilhelm Roentgen

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Robert Koch

20.

Who boldly refuted the Theory of Spontaneous Generation?

a)

Spallanzani

b)

Vesalius

c)

Jenner

d)

Pasteur

21.

It is because of his interest in optics that we are able to see single-celled protozoans and bacteria.

a)

Jenner

b)

Spallanzani

c)

Semmelweis

d)

Von Leeuwenhoek

22.

His vaccine has saved millions of children from polio and millions of people from the flu.

a)

Salk

b)

Sabin

c)

Jenner

d)

Pasteur

23.

He is known as the Father of Bacteriology?

a)

Koch

b)

Lister

c)

Spallanzani

d)

Jenner

24.

His discovery revolutionized diagnostic medicine.

a)

Roentgen

b)

Davy

c)

Spallanzani

d)

Drew

25.

Through the study of how diseases spread, he was able to discover and eliminated the original source of a cholera outbreak. And he also developed several types of anesthesiology

a)

Salk

b)

Spallanzani

c)

Davy

d)

Snow