Exploring Medicine Chapters 16-20

Question 1

Roentgen called his discovery x-rays because they were

Answer 1

unknown

Question 2

Why did Dr. Domagk refuse the Nobel Prize?

Answer 2

Hitler ordered him to turn it down

Question 3

Becquerel’s film was exposed by

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an ore on his desk

Question 4

Christian Eijkman concluded that beriberi could be prevented by

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eating brown rice

Question 5

fought infection by keeping bacteria out of the body

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Joseph Lister

Question 6

Beriberi means

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I cannot

Question 7

Are there other molds aside from penicillin that fight infection?

Answer 7

yes

Question 8

The year 1895 marked the first year of the

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second scientific revolution

Question 9

warned about the dangers of x-rays

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Thomas Edison

Question 10

What are some ways x-rays can be used?

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find bullets in a body

tell if a leg is broken

find decayed spots on teeth

Question 11

Where does penicillin come from?

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a type of bread mold

Question 12

served as a medic during World War I

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Gerhard Domagk

Question 13

The one who discovered that pitchblend is radioactive was

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Henri Becquerel

Question 14

X-rays are actually streams of

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high-power light rays

Question 15

Iodine in the diet prevents what?

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goiter

Question 16

developed vaccination

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Edward Jenner

Question 17

The one who coined the name radioactivity

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Marie Curie

Question 18

Pitchblende is an ore of

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uranium

Question 19

Did Christian Eijkman first believe beriberi to be a dietary disease?

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no

Question 20

was the first to experiment with high-voltage electrical discharge in a vacuum tube

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William Crookes

Question 21

The one who discovered x-rays

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Wilhelm Roentgen

Question 22

Is a radioactive element used to coat bullets?

Answer 22

no

Question 23

invented a barium sulfate milk shake to show soft body parts by x-rays

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Walter Cannon

Question 24

Is penicillin toxic to humans in its original form?

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no

Question 25

Has the study of x-rays had an impact on the world today?

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yes

Question 26

Can a lack of vitamins and minerals in the diet cause serious ilnesses?

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yes

Question 27

Gerhard Domagk studied uses of dyes in

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medicine

Question 28

the first person to glimpse bacteria

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Question 29

The staph bacteria had been dissolved by a mold spore that

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came in through an open window

Question 30

Dr. Florey’s advantages were that he had a well-equipped laboratory and

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a brilliant assistant

Question 31

Once a wonder drug kills a type of micro-organism is it true that it will never be a threat again?

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no

Question 32

discovered x-rays

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Wilhelm Roentgen

Question 33

Cathode rays are actualy streams of

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high speed electrons

Question 34

Christian Eijkman went to ___ to treat beriberi

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Java in the Pacific

Question 35

brought news of sulfa drugs to America

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Perrin H. Long

Question 36

The treatment of President Franklin Roosevelt’s son

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made newspaper headlines

Question 37

At St. Mary’s, Dr. Fleming’s conference room was __

Answer 37

a park bench