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Science 6- 10
History of Medicine chapters 6- 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the prefix 'micro' means? | small |
| What language did Leeuwenhoek write about his discoveries? | Dutch |
| Why did Leeuwenhoek make 550 microscopes? | He wanted to look at every different thing through a different perspective. He made a different microscope for everything. |
| What did those who survived smallpox have on their skin? | Sores and miserable pockmarks |
| What did the milkmaid believe about those who had cowpox? | They couldn't get smallpox because their bodies became immune to it. |
| What does 'vacca' (Latin) mean? | cow |
| In the 1800s, how was the skill of the surgeon judged by? | How quickly they worked |
| What are the two most common gases in the earth's atmosphere? | Oxygen and nitrogen |
| What does 'pneumatic' mean? | air |
| Chloroform does not _________ and smells __________ | Chloroform does not 'explode' and smells 'like nothing' |
| What did William Morton want to learn from medical school? | a cure for pain |
| Who did William Morton try ether first on? | On his dog |
| Who was the first person to use ether in surgery? | Dr. Charles Jackson |
| What does the word 'anesthetic' mean? | No feeling in Greek |
| Why did Semmelweiss decide to study medicine? | To save lives |
| What did Hospital Director Johann Klein urge Semmelweiss to do? | save money |
| At the Vienna Maternity Hospital, Which of the wards had the lowest death rates? | The midwives' ward |
| After Semmelweiss left Austria, Why did the death rates go up? | The doctors stopped washing their hands |
| (The rest is matching on the actual test) _____________ wrote a poem about Leeuwenhoek's discoveries. | Jonathon Swift |
| _____________ said, "Shut your doors against your friends." | The town leader when the Black Death struck |
| _____________ referred to God as the Maker of the Great All | Leeuwenhoek |
| _____________ said, "It's a silly superstition" | Dr. Daniel Ludlow |
| _____________ said, "We suffer from disease while he plays with a useless hobby!" | The local people |
| _____________ said, "I know there is no way to prevent the disease (smallpox)." | The head doctor at London Smallpox Hospital |
| _____________ ordered his soldiers to be vaccinated | Napoleon |
| _____________ said, "We beseech the Great Spirit to take care of you." | The chiefs of the Five Indian Nations in Canada |
| _____________ said, "I was wrong. The little animals do exist." | Christian Huygens |
| _____________ invented the printing press | Gutenberg |
| _____________ was the first person to be vaccinated against smallpox | James Phipp |
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