Western Scientific Medical Discoverys

Question 1

Define disease.

Answer 1

A type of illness or sickness

Question 2

Define germ.

Answer 2

A very small form of life that causes diseases

Question 3

Define experiment.

Answer 3

Testing of an idea

Question 4

What is a microscope?

Answer 4

An instrument used for observing very small objects

Question 5

Who was Louis Pasteur?

Answer 5

He was the scientist who first made the link between germs and disease

Question 6

What did Louis Pasteur’s experiments show?

Answer 6

They showed that germs make our bodies sick and can cause infections and diseases

Question 7

What are harmful bacteria?

Answer 7

They are germs that cause infections in the body. Different bacteria cause different infections

Question 8

What is tuberculosis?

Answer 8

Tuberculosis or TB is a serious infectious disease that infects the lungs

Question 9

What was the next step in western medical history after Pasteur’s discovery?

Answer 9

To link a particular germ with a particular disease

Question 10

In 1882, Dr Robert Koch…

Answer 10

… identified the germ that causes TB

Question 11

Define infectious.

Answer 11

A disease that is spread easily from one person to another

Question 12

List one way you can get TB.

Answer 12

When someone with TB coughs or sneezes, the air is filled with droplets containing the bacteria. If a person breathes in the infected droplets, they will probably get TB

Question 13

Can TB be cured?

Answer 13

It can be cured by Western medicine, however many people still die from TB because they do not get the correct medicine and treatment

Question 14

Who was Edward Jenner?

Answer 14

He discovered the vaccine for smallpox (the first vaccine)

Question 15

Define laboratory.

Answer 15

A workplace where scientists do experiments

Question 16

Define penicillin.

Answer 16

An antibiotic that stops germs from growing

Question 17

Define antibiotic.

Answer 17

A drug that is used in medicine to kill bacteria and to cure infections

Question 18

What did Alexander Fleming do?

Answer 18

He used mould to very carefully make medicine called penicillin, the world’s first antibiotic.

Question 19

When was the world’s first heart transplant surgery?

Answer 19

1967

Question 20

Who performed the world’s first successful heart transplant surgery?

Answer 20

Dr Chris Barnard

Question 21

Where was the world’s first heart transplant surgery?

Answer 21

Groot Schuur Hospital in Cape Town in South Africa

Question 22

Name 3 discoveries that made heart surgery possible.

Answer 22

. Anaesthetics
. Blood transfusions
. X-rays

Question 23

Define anaesthetic.

Answer 23

A drug that makes a patient go into a deep sleep so that they can be operated on

Question 24

How does anaesthetic help with heart transplant surgery?

Answer 24

If a patient who wasn’t under anaesthetic had a heart transplant, they would most likely die from the pain

Question 25

Define transfusion.

Answer 25

Putting blood into the body

Question 26

How does blood transfusion help with heart transplant surgery?

Answer 26

During an operation, the patient loses a lot of blood. Blood transfusions are used to replace the lost blood

Question 27

What is an X-ray?

Answer 27

X-rays are special pictures that show the inside of the body

Question 28

How do X-rays help with heart transplant surgery?

Answer 28

The part of the body that is being operated on is X-rayed before the operation. Doctors look at these X-rays to help then while they are doing the operation

Question 29

Who was the patient of the first successful heart transplant and whose heart was it?

Answer 29

Denise Darvall’s heart was put into the body of Louis Washkansky

Question 30

Name one way in which holistic and Western forms of healing linked today.

Answer 30

Most Western medical schools now also teach a more holistic approach to healing