Exploring Medicine Chapters 6-9

Question 1

referred to God as the Maker of the Great All

Answer 1

Leeuwenhoek

Question 2

Did William Morton earn a good income as a dentist?

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

Leeuwenhoek wrote about his discoveries in___

Answer 3

Dutch

Question 4

said, “No, it didn’t hurt at all.”

Answer 4

Gilbert Abbott, a patient at the Massachusetts General Hospital

Question 5

What does pneumatic mean?

Answer 5

air

Question 6

wrote a poem about Leeuwenhoek’s discoveries

Answer 6

Jonathan Swift

Question 7

What did Charles Jackson claim to invent?

Answer 7

telegraph

Question 8

James Simpson experimented with ether and had

Answer 8

limited success

Question 9

Did the Royal Society refuse to read Leeuwenhoek’s letters?

Answer 9

no

Question 10

Vacca is a word meaning

Answer 10

cow

Question 11

said, “We beseech the Great Spirit to take care of you.”

Answer 11

The chiefs of the Five Indian Nations in Canada

Question 12

invented the printing press

Answer 12

Gutenberg

Question 13

By the start of the 1800s, the skill of a surgeon was judged by

Answer 13

how fast he worked

Question 14

said, “I was wrong. The little animals do exist.”

Answer 14

Christiaan Huygens

Question 15

said, “Shut your doors against your friends.”

Answer 15

the town leader when the Black Death struck

Question 16

Leeuwenhoek worked as a ___ of the city hall.

Answer 16

janitor

Question 17

The word micro means

Answer 17

to cook

Question 18

said, “I know there is not way to prevent the disease [smallpox].”

Answer 18

The head doctor at London Smallpox Hospital

Question 19

Can a person get small pox time and time again?

Answer 19

no

Question 20

coined the word anesthetic

Answer 20

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Question 21

Before his medical studies began, who did William Morton receive private instruction from?

Answer 21

Charles Jackson

Question 22

Did Humphry Davy use laughing gas during a hospital operation?

Answer 22

no

Question 23

What does the word anesthetic mean?

Answer 23

no feeling

Question 24

ordered his soldiers to be vaccinated

Answer 24

Napoleon

Question 25

Why did William Morton attend medical school?

Answer 25

to learn how relieve pain

Question 26

Chloroform does not explode and has a

Answer 26

sweet smell

Question 27

James Simpson became the personal physician to

Answer 27

Queen Victoria

Question 28

was the first person to be vaccinated against smallpox

Answer 28

Jamie Phipps

Question 29

said, “It’s a silly superstition.”

Answer 29

Dr. Daniel Ludlow

Question 30

The Black Death was caused by

Answer 30

a certain type of bacteria

Question 31

How did Davy take care of the large family debt?

Answer 31

by paying it back

Question 32

said, “We suffer from disease while he plays with a useless hobby!

Answer 32

the local people

Question 33

said, “Your patient is ready, doctor.”

Answer 33

William Morton

Question 34

William Morton tried ether first on

Answer 34

his pet dog

Question 35

said, “Gentlemen, this is no humbug!”

Answer 35

Dr. Warren, a surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital

Question 36

Was the British Royal family vaccinated?

Answer 36

yes

Question 37

The two most common gasses in the earth’s atmosphere

Answer 37

oxygen and nitrogen

Question 38

said, “It [cowpox] is a harmless disease and protects me from smallpox.”

Answer 38

The milkmaid

Question 39

Did David share his discoveries or keep them secret?

Answer 39

shared them

Question 40

invited Jenner along as his ship’s natural scientist

Answer 40

James Cook