Britain Health and the People - Y10 quiz

Which of John Hunter's experiences helped him write 'Blood inflammation and gunshot wounds'?

What can the invention of the printing press be compared to?

What disease quickly replaced the plague as the main threat to public health after 1650?

What book did Vesalius release in 1543?

Whose work did Vesalius correct?

How many more times did Jenner test his theory on inoculation after experimenting on the boy?

How did the plague affect the Catholic Church? (There are two possible answers)

What method did Paré promote to stop bleeding?

How many outbreaks of the plague were there after the Black Death?

Which of these was NOT a drawback of Ether?

What was the disadvantage of using ligatures?

During which operation did Hannah Greener die of a Chloroform overdose?

What is inoculation ? (2 right answers)

What are people who believed in a link between the environment and disease called?

Which of these was NOT a reason for anaesthetic being opposed?

Where did lots of businesses in the medieval period put their rubbish?

Before King Charles ll died, how many drugs did he receive as an attempt to cure him?

What was John Hunter an early promoter of?

In what year did Pasteur publish his germ theory?

How old was Paré when he died?

What disease ended up eventually killing King Charles ll?

A travelling salesman who sold medicine and ‘cure alls’ was called a.....

In what year did John Hunter become a surgeon at St George's Hospital?

what did Paré use when he ran out of hot oil to treat gunshot wounds in a French battle.

When was Paré‘s first book “Anatomie Universelle” published?

Why were Medieval towns built near water (particularly rivers)? (3 answers)

New ingredients were brought back to England. One of these was tobacco, but what did it cure

In Italian what does the word ‘renaissance’ mean?

How did Harvey build up his knowledge of the heart?

What year did Pasteur perfect his germ theory?

In what year was the law that fined anyone for throwing dung or rubbish into rivers passed?

What American dentist experimented with Ether in 1842?

What is a privy?

What year was the printing press invented in?

On average how many people a year hoped to be cured by the king’s touch?

What were peasants encouraged to do after the Black Death?

When did Jenner publish his vaccination findings?

Why was Leonardo DaVinci able to draw more accurate sketches of the human body?

How long did Galen‘s work influence medicine?

Who was the BIGGEST threat to the theory of spontaneous generation?

John Hunter had a huge collection of anatomical specimens but how many did he have?

Why was the Statute of Labourers created in 1351? (There are two possible answers)

Why did Woodville and Pearson fail when testing Jenner’s theory?

What part of Vesalius’ work did the church disagree with?

Which of these was not a consequence of the Renaissance?

Why did Mayors not want to spend money on improving public health in Medieval towns?

How long did it take from the conception of the idea to the publication of Harvey's book?

What were the problems with inoculation? (2 answers)

Who did John Hunter help train?

What nationality was Pasteur?

In which year did Harvey publish his findings?

Why did it take so long for Harvey to publish his ideas?

what was the name of William Harvey's famous book?

What was Nitrous Oxide first used as?

What experiment did Pasteur use to prove his germ theory?