Test 1 Symptoms Diagnosis

Question 0

Ambrose Pare

Doctors used cruel and painful treatments

Answer 0

Pare used ointments and silk thread to repair injuries in place of burning oil and hot pockets

Question 1

Human anatomy was difficult to study because of decay

Answer 1

Vesalius learned human anatomy by looking at humans not just animals

Question 2

Hippocrates

Some doctors were mistreating their patients

Answer 2

Hippocrates developed his pledge of proper conduct for doctors

Question 3

Galen

Doctors could not study anatomy using humans because it was illegal

Answer 3

Galen began the study of human anatomy

Question 4

William Harvey

Galen’s writings were based upon false ideas about blood circulation

Answer 4

He proved that blood circulates in a closed path and is caused by the beating of the heart

Question 5

James Young Simpson

Pain relieving drugs caused addiction

Answer 5

James Young Simpson discovered chloroform could be used as an anesthetic

Question 6

William TG Morton

Ether had an unpleasant odor and caused some patients to stop breathing

Answer 6

William Morton invented a special glass inhaler and added perfume to ether

Question 7

Dr Edward Jenner

Smallpox was a widespread disease which terrorized Europe killing thousands

Answer 7

Jenners cowpox serum saved many lives and almost eliminated the disease of smallpox

Question 8

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Physicians could only study things that could be seen with the human eye

Answer 8

Leeuwenhoek discovered one-celled protozoans and bacteria

Question 9

Ignaz Phillip Semmelveis

Some doctors were more interested in their reputations than in saving lives

Answer 9

Semmelveis proved that cleanliness could prevent childbed fever

Question 10

Humphrey Davy

Dentistry was a painful experience

Answer 10

Davy discovered laughing gas which has made dentistry less painful