Question 1

How did Roentgen's discovery in the 19th century contribute to the advancement of medicine?

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Could view internal aspects of the body

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could search for genes to cure inherited diseases

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could transfuse blood from one person to another

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could view microorganisms that cause disease

Question 2

Who discovered the American Red Cross?

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Clara Barton

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Cristian Barnard

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Elizebeth Blackwell

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Florence Nightingale

Question 3

Who created the first formal training program for nurses?

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Florence Nightingale

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Clara Barton

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Rene Laennec

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Ben Carson

Question 4

Who discovered DNA?

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Crick & Watson

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Bugs Bunny

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Sigmund Freud

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Will & Carlton

Question 5

What disease killed 75% of the population in Europe and Asia?

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Bubonic Plague

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Yellow Fever

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Diabetes

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Polio

Question 6

During the 16th century, the leading cause of death was:

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infection

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HIV

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polio

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diabetes

Question 7

Using knowledge obtained from the Greeks, what did the Romans develop to prevent disease?

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sanitation systems

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printing press

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apothecaries

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vaccine

Question 8

What historical figure developed a vaccine to prevent a deadly disease?

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Edward Jenner

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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Ben Carson

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Clara Barton

Question 9

What medical discovery is the MOST recent?

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first test tube baby

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first vaccination developed

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ABO blood groups discovered

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discovery of viruses

Question 10

Salk and Sabin's discovery led to the:

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Prevention of polio

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cure for bacterial infections

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prevention of tuberculosis

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cure for heart disease

Question 11

In what century were the first antibiotics discovered?

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20th

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17th

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18th

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19th

Question 12

Insulin is a drug discovered in the 20th century to treat:

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diabetes

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smallpox

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pneumonia

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infection

Question 13

What ancient philosophy developed in India is used to determine a person's body type?

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ayurveda

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hypnosis

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acupuncture

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biofeedback

Question 14

Dr. Smith is performing surgery on a patient 300 miles away. How is this possible?

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telemedicine

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acupuncture

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homeopathy

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home health care

Question 15

In primitive times, people believed that the cause of disease and illness was:

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punishment from the Gods

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bacterial

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viruses

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poor nutrition

Question 16

This device allows doctors to listen to sounds inside the body:

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stethoscope

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iron lung

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x-ray

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microscope

Question 17

Joseph Lister and Louis Pasteur developed methods to prevent:

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infections

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pain

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organ rejection

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bleeding

Question 18

During what century did women begin to take an active role in providing health care?

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19th

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17th

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18th

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16th

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