Medical knowledge retrieval

When was the Early Modern period?

• 500-1450
• 1450-1750
• 1600-1650
• 1750-present

When was the Modern period?

• 500-1450
• 1450-1750
• 1600-1650
• 1750-present

In which year was Pasteur's Germ theory developed?

• 1861
• 1862
• 1863
• 1864

For which rare disease did Pasteur create a targeted vaccine?

• Rubella
• Rabies
• Tetanus
• Pneumonia

Koch won a noble prize for doing what?

• working out which bacteria caused particular disease
• developing the first treatment for syphilis
• staining bacteria so they could be seen under microscopes
• developing germ theory

Salvarsan 606 treated which infectious disease?

• syphilis
• whooping cough
• diphtheria
• rabies

Treatments directed at specific bacteria without harming the rest of the body are known as ?

• magic pellets
• magic pills
• magic medicines
• magic bullets

What is the meaning of the word 'shrapnel'?

• part of an x ray machine used on the battlefield
• the sharp edge of a knife
• fragments of metal that become lodged in the body
• a bullet made out of iron

Wilhelm Rontgen developed what in 1895?

• mobile X ray machines
• MRI scanning machines
• the first X ray machines
• ultrasound scanning

Mobile x ray machines were developed by Marie Curie and were used during which War?

• World War 1
• World War 2
• Crimean War
• Falklands War