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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why was Alexander Fleming's discovery so important in the 20th century?
Fought infections
Showed mentally sick need help
Gave hope to people with severe heart damage
Allowed physicians to see inside the body
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who is the father of medicine?
Pare
Hippocrates
Nightingale
Blackwell
- 3. Multiple Choice
Study of medicine prohibited, prayed for sick to save their souls?
Middle ages
20th century
Primative
Dark ages
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who Invented X-Rays?
Davinci
Lister
Jenner
Roetgen
- 5. Multiple Choice
Used acupuncture and herbal remedies to treat illness?
Chinese
Greeks
Romans
Egyptians
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Re-birth of science and medicine?
Dark Ages
16th 17th & 18th
20th Century
Renaissance
- 7. Multiple Choice
What did Jonas Salk create?
Small pox vaccine
Polio vaccine
Penicillin
Amoxicillin
- 8. Multiple Choice
Founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Blackwell
Robert Koch
Florence Nightingale
- 9. Multiple Choice
Dr. Patel provided medical care for someone 300 miles away by:
Telepathy
Home healh care
Homeopathy
Telemedicine
- 10. Multiple Choice
In which century were the first antibiotics developed?
17th
18th
19th
20th
- 11. Multiple Choice
Crick and watson discovered:
Pacemaker
Test tube baby
Viruses
DNA structure
- 12. Multiple Choice
The invention of what diagnostic instrument confirmed diseases were caused by microorganisms, not angry Gods?
Microscope
Bifocals
Xrays
Stethoscope
- 13. Multiple ChoiceTherapies used by the Greeks were___________Prayer and ceremoniesMassage and art therapyPsychology and counselingAcupuncture and bloodletting
- 14. Multiple Choice
Acceptance of dissection of the body, invention of the printing press, and a renewed interest in medicine:
Middle ages
Dark Ages
Renaissance
Egyptians
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe Romans developed ________to prevent disease.Printing pressSanitation systemApothecariesVaccine
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat disease occurred during the Middle Ages that killed 75% of the population in Europe and Asia?Yellow FeverPolioBubonic plagueDiabetes
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat event marked the beginning of the dark ages?The Great FloodThe fall of the Roman EmpireThe War of 1812The Battle of the Bulge
- 18. Multiple Choice
Trephining was used in primitive times for headaches, insanity, epilepsy. One might remark:
You have a hole in your head
Do I look like my mother?
You must have rocks in your head
You have a hole in your heart
- 19. Multiple Choice
In primitive times, people believed the cause of disease and illness was:
Bacteria
Viruses
Punishment from the gods
Something that just happened
- 20. Multiple Choice
How did Roentgens discovery in the 19th century contribute to the advancement of medicine?
Could view microorganisms that cause disease
Could search for genes to cure inherited diseases
Could view internal aspects of the body
Could treat illnesses with antibiotics
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