History of Medicine

Question 1

father of medicine

Answer 1

Hippocrates

Question 2

physician to gladiators

Answer 2

Claudius Galen

Question 3

identified smallpox, suggested blood as the cause of infectious disease

Answer 3

Rhazes

Question 4

described the circulatory system

Answer 4

William Harvey

Question 5

developed the microscope

Answer 5

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 6

developed vaccine for smallpox

Answer 6

Edward Jenner

Question 7

invented the stethoscope

Answer 7

Rene Laennec

Question 8

first woman to receive a medical degree

Answer 8

Elizabeth Blackwell

Question 9

developed antiseptic practices and the need for a clean operating room

Answer 9

Joseph Lister

Question 10

established the germ theory of disease

Answer 10

Louis Pasteur

Question 11

father of microbiology

Answer 11

Robert Koch

Question 12

discovered Xrays

Answer 12

Wilhelm Roentgen

Question 13

developed aspirin

Answer 13

Felix Hoffman

Question 14

described blood types and compatibility

Answer 14

Karl Landsteiner

Question 15

discovered penicillin

Answer 15

Alexander Fleming

Question 16

described the structure of DNA molecule

Answer 16

Watson and Crick

Question 17

developed polio vaccine

Answer 17

Jonas Salk

Question 18

performed the first human heart transplant

Answer 18

Christiaan Barnard

Question 19

What year was HIV identified?

Answer 19

1983

Question 20

kept records

Answer 20

Ancient Egyptians

Question 21

discovered first cure for syphilis

Answer 21

Paul Ehrlich

Question 22

founder of the Red Cross

Answer 22

Clara Barton

Question 23

founder of modern nursing

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Florence Nightingale

Question 24

encouraged doctors to wash their hands to prevent spread of infection

Answer 24

Ignaz Semmelweiss

Question 25

invented bifocals

Answer 25

Benjamin Franklin

Question 26

developed first sanitation systems

Answer 26

Romans

Question 27

used techniques such as acupuncture

Answer 27

Chinese