Medicine Y10 Mock

Question 1

Who introduced laughing gas?

Answer 1

Humphrey Davy

Question 2

When did Humphrey Davy publish his findings?

Answer 2

1800

Question 3

How did Joseph lister reduce infections in surgery from 46% to 15% ?

Answer 3

By sterilising everything with carbolic acid

Question 4

When did Joseph lister invent his machine to spray carbolic acid?

Answer 4

1871

Question 5

When did James Simpson discover chloroform?

Answer 5

1847

Question 6

Who made chloroform more popular?

Answer 6

Queen Victoria used it in childbirth in 1853

Question 7

What were the problems with ether?

Answer 7

It is very flammable and people sometimes woke up in the middle of the surgery

Question 8

When we’re south American coca leaves used?

Answer 8

1850s

Question 9

Why did the the use of cocaine as an anaesthetic increase after 1891?

Answer 9

It was now being chemically made

Question 10

How much did ignaz semmelweiss decrease the death rate by in a maternity ward?

Answer 10

35% to 1%

Question 11

What did semmelweiss make doctors wash their hands with?

Answer 11

Calcium chloride

Question 12

How did Neuber create a sterile operating theatre?

Answer 12

Making staff wear scrubs

Question 13

What did Charles chamberland invent in 1881?

Answer 13

A steam steriliser for equipment

Question 14

Who was nicknamed the father of scientific surgery?

Answer 14

John Hunter

Question 15

What did John Hunter do instead of amputating a mans leg?

Answer 15

He removed the aneurysm instead

Question 16

What was John Hunter a teacher of?

Answer 16

Anatomy and he also trained surgeons

Question 17

How did John Hunter learn about anatomy?

Answer 17

He dissected alot of bodies

Question 18

What book did John Hunter write?

Answer 18

The natural history of teeth

Question 19

Up till 1948 how many people had never seen a doctor?

Answer 19

8 million

Question 20

What were the medical branches of the NHS?

Answer 20

Doctors, ambulances, hospitals, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and optitions

Question 21

What services did the NHS provide?

Answer 21

Free at the point of delivery

Question 22

How long did the NHS provide care?

Answer 22

“From the cradle to the grave”

Question 23

Who was the minister of health appointed by the government?

Answer 23

Aneurin beran

Question 24

How did the life expectancy increase in 1948?

Answer 24

66 - 83 for women and 64 - 79 for men

Question 25

How many doctors out of 45,500 didn’t want the NHS?

Answer 25

41,000

Question 26

What was introduced in 1952 due to the high cost of the NHS?

Answer 26

Charges for spectacles, prescriptions cost one shilling and dental treatment £1

Question 27

How did Winston Churchill describe the NHS?

Answer 27

“A curse on the country”

Question 28

How much did the NHS cost in 1950?

Answer 28

£10 billion

Question 29

How much did the NHS cost in 2010?

Answer 29

£130 billion

Question 30

How much did the NHS cost in 2021?

Answer 30

£160 billion