HTR Unit B Historical Figures Question Preview (ID: 52282)


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The father of medicine:
a) Hippocrates
b) Claudis Galen
c) Andreas Vesalius
d) Edward Jenner

Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796:
a) Ambrose Pare
b) Edward Jenner
c) Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
d) William Harvey

Discovered x-rays in 1895:
a) Louis Pasteur
b) Florence Nightingale
c) Joseph Lister
d) William Roentgen

Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
a) Joseph Lister
b) Gregory Mendel
c) Louis Pasteur
d) William Roentgen

Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery:
a) Joseph Lister
b) Gregory Mendel
c) Louis Pasteur
d) William Roentgen

Discovered penicillin in 1928:
a) Christian Barnard
b) Crick and Watson
c) Sir Alexander Fleming
d) Jonas Salk

Developed the polio vaccine in 1952:
a) Christian Barnard
b) Crick and Watson
c) Sir Alexander Fleming
d) Jonas Salk

Performed the first heart transplant
a) Christian Barnard
b) Crick and Watson
c) Sir Alexander Fleming
d) Jonas Salk

Described how DNA carries genetic material:
a) Christian Barnard
b) Crick and Watson
c) Sir Alexander Fleming
d) Jonas Salk

Founder of the Red Cross:
a) Clara Barton
b) Florence Nightingale
c) Elizabeth Blackwell
d) Marie Curie

Developed the culture plate that we still use today:
a) Gregory Mendel
b) Robert Koch
c) William Roentgen
d) Joseph Lister

Studies formed the basis for psychology and psychiatry that we use today
a) Sigmund Freud
b) Joseph Lister
c) Edward Jenner
d) Sir Alexander Fleming

Performed the first surgery to separate conjoined twins
a) Christian Barnard
b) Jonas Silk
c) Ben Carson
d) Robert Koch

Founder of nursing
a) Elizabeth Blackwell
b) Florence Nightingale
c) Clara Barton
d) Marie Curie

First female physician:
a) Elizabeth Blackwell
b) Florence Nightingale
c) Clara Barton
d) Marie Curie

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