history

Question 1

Name three different liquids investigated by Pasteur.

Answer 1

wine, beer, and milk.

Question 2

What did Pasteur say was the cause of decay?

Answer 2

Pasteur said the cause of decay was microorganisms (germs), which were responsible for spoilage and disease.

Question 3

Why did Lister think about using carbolic acid in surgery?

Question 4

Why did many surgeons not use Lister’s carbolic spray?

Question 5

What does ‘laissez-faire’ mean?

Question 6

Why was public health in London improved by Bazalgette’s work on sewers?

Question 7

What were the terms of the 1875 Public Health Act?

Question 8

How did Elizabeth Garret qualify as a doctor?

Question 9

Why did medical schools and universities not want to accept female medical students?

Question 10

How did Garrett, Hoggan, Jex-Blake and Pechey gain their medical degrees?

Question 11

Explain why Koch has been called the ‘father of bacteriology.

Question 12

What is a vaccination?

Question 13

Name three techniques of aseptic surgery

Question 14

What is a ligature?

Question 15

Give three examples of changes made by the Public Health Act 1875

Question 16

Why was the discovery of blood groups important?

Question 17

What was a ‘magic bullet’?

Question 18

What are X-rays?

Question 19

How are X-rays used in medicine?

Question 20

Why was the study of radiation important in medicine?

Answer 20

wine, beer, and milk.