Exploring Medicine Chapters 6-8 Flashcards
The two most common gasses in the earth’s atmosphere
oxygen and nitrogen
Was the British Royal family vaccinated?
yes
said, “It’s a silly superstition.”
Dr. Daniel Ludlow
said, “We beseech the Great Spirit to take care of you.”
The chiefs of the Five Indian Nations in Canada
Chloroform does not explode and has a
sweet smell
Did David share his discoveries or keep them secret?
shared them
Vacca is a word meaning
cow
said, “It [cowpox] is a harmless disease and protects me from smallpox.”
The milkmaid
What does pneumatic mean?
air
Did Humphry Davy use laughing gas during a hospital operation?
no
referred to God as the Maker of the Great All
Leeuwenhoek
The word micro means
to cook
invented the printing press
Gutenberg
The Black Death was caused by
a certain type of bacteria
Can a person get small pox time and time again?
no
said, “I know there is not way to prevent the disease [smallpox].”
The head doctor at London Smallpox Hospital
wrote a poem about Leeuwenhoek’s discoveries
Jonathan Swift
said, “I was wrong. The little animals do exist.”
Christiaan Huygens
James Simpson experimented with ether and had
limited success
said, “We suffer from disease while he plays with a useless hobby!
the local people
Leeuwenhoek worked as a ___ of the city hall.
janitor
said, “Shut your doors against your friends.”
the town leader when the Black Death struck
Leeuwenhoek wrote about his discoveries in___
Dutch
ordered his soldiers to be vaccinated
Napoleon
How did Davy take care of the large family debt?
by paying it back
James Simpson became the personal physician to
Queen Victoria
invited Jenner along as his ship’s natural scientist
James Cook
By the start of the 1800s, the skill of a surgeon was judged by
how fast he worked
was the first person to be vaccinated against smallpox
Jamie Phipps
Did the Royal Society refuse to read Leeuwenhoek’s letters?
no
