P2 - The Beginnings of Change KEYWORDS

Question 1

Ampihibions

Answer 1

Animals that live on land and in water like a frog or a newt.

Question 2

“Burking”

Answer 2

Commiting murder to get fresh bodies for dissection.

Question 3

Capillaries

Answer 3

Very fine blood vessels for taking the blood around the body (to the cells).

Question 4

Classical

Answer 4

Ancient Greek or Roman.

Question 5

Compulsory

Answer 5

Have to do something: you have no choice in the matter.

Question 6

Empiricism

Answer 6

The belief that all knowledge comes from observation,, from experimental science.

Question 7

Endemic

Answer 7

A disease regularly found in a specific part of a country or world.

Question 8

Epidemics

Answer 8

A sudden widespread occurance of an infectous disease.

Question 9

Hypochondria

Answer 9

Thinking one is always ill.

Question 10

Immune

Answer 10

Not at risk from catching a particular disease or infection.

Question 11

Inheritances

Answer 11

Money left to you by parents, grandparents or, in this case, for a special purpouse.

Question 12

Inoculation

Answer 12

Early form of vaccination where the skin is scratched rather than injected.

Question 13

Laissez-Faire

Answer 13

A belief that some things were not the job of the government and should be “left alone” or left to individuals to do for themselves.

Question 14

Ligature

Answer 14

A card used to tie something very tightly, in this case, to stop bleeding.

Question 15

Vaccination

Answer 15

Injection of a mild form of disease to stop you getting a more dangerous version of the disease.