Britain Health and the People - Y10 quiz

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

16

Question 2

What was Nitrous Oxide first used as?

Accepted Answer

A fairground laughing gas

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

They were cowardlay and deserted villages., Many experienced clergymen died.

Question 4

What were peasants encouraged to do after the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

Leave their villages.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

3000

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The internet

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

58

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Cholera

Question 9

What was John Hunter an early promoter of?

Accepted Answer

Careful observation, The use of scientific method in surgeries

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Toenail removal

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

It was a means of transport, It was a good way to remove sewage, It provided drinking water

Question 12

What year did Pasteur perfect his germ theory?

Accepted Answer

1860

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

His time as an army surgeon

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Quack

Question 15

How long did Galen‘s work influence medicine?

Accepted Answer

1400 years

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

human dissection

Question 17

Which of these was not a consequence of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

New food

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Anti-contagionists

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Because their equipment was contaminated

Question 20

What book did Vesalius release in 1543?

Accepted Answer

The fabric of the human body

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

None of these

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

1561

Question 23

When did Jenner publish his vaccination findings?

Accepted Answer

1798

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

He did not have a full understanding of the whole body

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

Three+

Question 26

Who did John Hunter help train?

Accepted Answer

Edward Jenner

Question 27

In which year did Harvey publish his findings?

Accepted Answer

1628

Question 28

What year was the printing press invented in?

Accepted Answer

1451

Question 29

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

Accepted Answer

In the river

Question 30

What nationality was Pasteur?

Accepted Answer

French

Question 31

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

Accepted Answer

Dissection

Question 32

What were the problems with inoculation? (2 answers)

Accepted Answer

People could die if they were given the wrong dosage, People had strong religious objections

Question 33

How did Harvey build up his knowledge of the heart?

Accepted Answer

experimentation, dissection

Question 34

What disease ended up eventually killing King Charles ll?

Accepted Answer

Kidney disease

Question 35

What was the disadvantage of using ligatures?

Accepted Answer

Took longer to implement than cauterising., They introduced infection to the wound

Question 36

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

Accepted Answer

They didn't want to raise taxes

Question 37

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

Accepted Answer

3000

Question 38

How old was Paré when he died?

Accepted Answer

80

Question 39

In Italian what does the word ‘renaissance’ mean?

Accepted Answer

Rebirth

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

Louis Pasteur

Question 41

Which of these was NOT a drawback of Ether?

Accepted Answer

It caused hallucination

Question 42

What method did Paré promote to stop bleeding?

Accepted Answer

The use of ligatures

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

12 years

Question 44

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

Accepted Answer

The feudal system was being disrupted., The plague gave peasants more freedom.

Question 45

What American dentist experimented with Ether in 1842?

Accepted Answer

William Clark

Question 46

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

Accepted Answer

Cream

Question 47

What is a privy?

Accepted Answer

A small shed containing a toilet

Question 48

What experiment did Pasteur use to prove his germ theory?

Accepted Answer

The swan necked flask

Question 49

In what year did Pasteur publish his germ theory?

Accepted Answer

1861

Question 50

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

Accepted Answer

People thought that the anaesthetic was sent from the devil

Question 51

Whose work did Vesalius correct?

Accepted Answer

Galen

Question 52

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

Accepted Answer

De Motu Cordis ( on the motion of the heart )

Question 53

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

Accepted Answer

1388

Question 54

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

Accepted Answer

1768

Question 55

What is inoculation ? (2 right answers)

Accepted Answer

Giving a healthy peoson a small dose of a disease, Take scab off smallpox victim and put on healthy person skin

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