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Medicine in Britain, c.1250- Present - QUIZ
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1When did the Black Death first hit Britain?
- A1348
- B1448
- C1665
- D1338
2When was the first British Printing Press?
- A1500s
- B1480s
- C1470s
- D1510s
3When did Vesalius publish 'The fabric of the Human Body"?
- A1643
- B1558
- C1543
- D1598
4When was Harvey's "On the motion of the Heart Published"?
- A1722
- B1628
- C1634
- D1716
5When was the Royal Society founded?
- A1750
- B1734
- C1660
- D1710
6When did the Great Plague hit London?
- A1555
- B1665
- C1664
- D1669
7When was Sydenham's "Medical Observations" published?
- A1670
- B1659
- C1672
- D1676
8When did Jenner publish his vaccination findings?
- A1628
- B1798
- C1784
- D1794
9When did James Simpson discover Chloroform?
- A1847
- B1823
- C1837
- D1855
10When was the Smallpox Vaccine made compulsory?
- A1865
- B1848
- C1853
- D1851
11When was John Snow's report "On the Mode of Communication of Cholera" published?
- A1876
- B1872
- C1855
- D1869
12What year did Florence Nightingale publish "Notes on Nursing"?
- A1859
- B1867
- C1848
- D1869
13When did Pasteur publish the Germ Theory?
- A1858
- B1861
- C1871
- D1856
14When did the government of Benjamin Disraeli pass the Public Health Act?
- A1848
- B1856
- C1875
- D1863
15When did Robert Koch identify Anthrax Spores?
- A1876
- B1880
- C1877
- D1884
16When did Wilhelm Rontgen discover X-Rays?
- A1891
- B1898
- C1903
- D1895
17What year did Ehrlich and Hata discover the first Magic Bullet, Salvarsan 606?
- A1913
- B1909
- C1907
- D1911
18When did Alexander Fleming discover Penicillin?
- A1928
- B1930
- C1925
- D1921
19In what year did Domagk discover the second Magic Bullet, Prontosil?
- A1926
- B1931
- C1932
- D1929
20During which years did Florey and Chain purify Penicillin?
- A1930-42
- B1938-40
- C1928-36
- D1936-42
21When did the government launch a Diphtheria vaccination campaign?
- A1940
- B1946
- C1937
- D1944
22When was the NHS founded?
- A1843
- B1948
- C1950
- D1953
23What does NHS stand for?
- ANational Health Service
- BNational Hummingbird Salutation
- CNorthern Hemisphere Service
- DNaval Health Structure
24When did Crick and Watson discover the structure of DNA?
- A1952
- B1950
- C1953
- D1956
25When was the Government's first Polio vaccination campaign?
- A1956
- B1949
- C1951
- D1953
26When were cigarette adverts banned from television?
- A1986
- B1965
- C1980
- D1974
27When did Christian Barnard complete the first heart transplant?
- A1967
- B1970
- C1965
- D1973
28When was the Human Genome project completed?
- A2001
- B1999
- C2003
- D2000
29When was smoking banned in public places?
- A2005-6
- B2009
- C2006-7
- D2004
30What is the name of the theory developed in Ancient Greece to explain illness and later developed by Galen?
- AMiasma theory
- BThe theory of Opposites
- CThe theory of the four humours
- DSpontaneous Generation
31What is the name for the time period of great medical change in the 16th and 17th centuries?
- AThe Dark Ages
- BThe Renaissance
- CIndustrial Britain
- DThe Reformation
32What was the name of the group that was set up to enable educated people to discuss scientific ideas?
- AThe Royal Scoiety
- BThe Medical Society
- CThe Scientific Association
- DThe Society of London
33The theory that illness is caused by bad smells is called...
- AMiasma
- BSpontaneous Generation
- CUroscopy
- DThe theory of the four humours
34What is the name of Jenner's discovery?
- AMagic Bullet
- BInoculation
- CVaccination
- DBlood Transfusions
35Who was the first female to qualify as a doctor in Britain?
- AElizabeth Garrett Anderson
- BLady Mary Wortley Montagu
- CFlorence Nightingale
- DSarah Nelmes
36Who developed Pasteur's work further in 1875?
- ACrick and Watson
- BKoch
- CFlorey and Chain
- DFleming
37What is the name given to drugs that stop infections caused by bacteria?
- AAntibiotics
- BAntibacterial
- CAntiseptic
- DAnaesthetics
38What disease did the first Magic Bullet cure?
- AMeasles
- BSyphilis
- CAnthrax
- DAll of them!
39Who paid for water to be pumped into London in 1609?
- ABazalgette
- BJames 1
- CHugh Myddleton
- DFrancis Chadwick
40In what year was the Great Stink?
- A1858
- B1860
- C1857
- D1861
41Who died after an overdose of chloroform?
- AJoseph Lister
- BJames Chadwick
- CHannah Greener
- DEdith Anderson
42What substance did Lister use to limit infection?
- APenicillin
- BSodium Citrate
- CCarbolic Acid
- DLaughing Gas
43What was the name of the surgeon who developed plastic surgery during WW1?
- AListon
- BGilles
- CFrench
- DGrayson
44What did Landsteiner discover, and in what year?
- A1974
- BThe link between smoking and lung cancer
- CThird Magic Bullet
- D1901
- EBlood Groups
- F1860
- GThe link between health and poor living conditions
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