Duplicate of Medicine Through Time: EdExcel Overview

Question 1

A barber-surgeon did what?

Accepted Answer

Cut your hair, Bloodletting

Question 2

Who published 'Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain'

Accepted Answer

Chadwick

Question 3

The printing press allowed for what during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

The production of works in local language, The communication of new ideas

Question 4

John Snow investigated the cholera outbreak of which year?

Accepted Answer

1854

Question 5

Jenner published his ideas on vaccination in what year?

Accepted Answer

1798

Question 6

Which of these reasons allowed Christianity to take control over medicine after the Romans left

Accepted Answer

It was an important channel of communicaiton, Priests could read and write

Question 7

Which of the following was done to try and contain the Great Plague?

Accepted Answer

Kill the dogs and cats, Close theaters to prevent crowds gathering

Question 8

Vesalius proved which of Galen's mistakes?

Accepted Answer

Sternum had seven parts, Lower jaw was made up of two bones

Question 9

The second magic bullet, Prontosil, was good against what?

Accepted Answer

Blood poisoning

Question 10

Which of these is NOT a humour?

Accepted Answer

Green Bile

Question 11

The Great Plague happened in what year?

Accepted Answer

1665

Question 12

Which of these is NOT a factor that helped make public health good during the Roman period?

Accepted Answer

Religion

Question 13

What did doctors have to register with from 1858?

Accepted Answer

General Medical Council

Question 14

In what year did Pasteur publish his germ theory?

Accepted Answer

1861

Question 15

Who usually treated diseases in the Roman period?

Accepted Answer

Fathers

Question 16

In what year were perscription charges introduced to the NHS?

Accepted Answer

1951

Question 17

Vaccinations became compulsory in what year?

Accepted Answer

1852

Question 18

Harvey proved which of Galen's mistakes?

Accepted Answer

Veins carry a mixture of blood and air, Blood is constantly manufactured by the liver

Question 19

Which of these is NOT a result of the discovery of DNA?

Accepted Answer

Healthy eating campaigns

Question 20

Which of these was NOT believed to be a causes of illness during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Germs

Question 21

Which of these was a treatment for the black death?

Accepted Answer

Eating cool things, Praying

Question 22

What industry did Florey and Chain use to help mass-produce penicillin?

Accepted Answer

Ice-cream factory

Question 23

Koch used what method to identify different microbes causing disease?

Accepted Answer

Koch stains

Question 24

The Public Health Act of 1875 made towns appoint what?

Accepted Answer

Health/Sanitary Inspectors and a Medical Officer of Health

Question 25

The National Insurance Act of 1911 provided what?

Accepted Answer

Free treatment/medicine + some sick pay for workers

Question 26

Florence Nightingale did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Raised the professionalism of nurses, Published over 200 books about hospital design/organisation, Established a training school for nurses

Question 27

Pasteur worked on which type of cholera?

Accepted Answer

Chicken

Question 28

Who discovered the structure of DNA?

Accepted Answer

Crick and Watson

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