History GCSE Edexcel Medicine Through Time

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A quiz about Medicine!
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Question 1

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When was Louis Pasteur's Germ Theory published?
Answer
  • 1861
  • 1864
  • 1866

Question 2

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What happened in 1865?
Answer
  • John Snow discovers that cholera is caused by contaminated water
  • Elizabeth Garrett-Anderson passes her exams at Middlesex University
  • Joseph Lister first uses carbolic spray to prevent infection in wounds during surgery

Question 3

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When did the National Health Service open?
Answer
  • 1942
  • 1938
  • 1941
  • 1948

Question 4

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When did Wilhelm Rontgen discover x-rays?
Answer
  • 1892
  • 1896
  • 1894
  • 1895
  • 1882

Question 5

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What was the Beveridge Report and when was it published?
Answer
  • 1942- it recommended that sewers were built in London
  • 1941- it suggested that people needed to take more action to improve public health
  • 1942- it recommended a free NHS

Question 6

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When was William Harvey's book published?
Answer
  • 1625
  • 1648
  • 1624
  • 1628
  • 1654
  • 1621

Question 7

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When did the Black Death hit Britain?
Answer
  • 1347-1348
  • 1344-1348
  • 1348-1349
  • 1345-1346

Question 8

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When was Hippocrates born?
Answer
  • 455BC
  • 440BC
  • 460BC
  • 450BC

Question 9

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When did Gerhard Domagk use Sulphonamide Prontosil to treat his daughter's blood poisoning?
Answer
  • 1920
  • 1925
  • 1940
  • 1935
  • 1930

Question 10

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When did the first successful heart transplant take place?
Answer
  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1964
  • 1966
  • 1941
  • 1952

Question 11

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Who was born in 1510?
Answer
  • Vesalius
  • Paré

Question 12

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Who performed the first successful heart transplant?
Answer
  • Christopher Barnard
  • Christiaan Bernard
  • Christopher Bernard
  • Christiaan Barnard
  • Christian Bernard

Question 13

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What did Ehrlich do?
Answer
  • Developed the 2nd Magic Bullet- Sulphonamides
  • He discovered the first Magic Bullet- Salvarsan 606

Question 14

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When was inoculation first brought to England?
Answer
  • 1720
  • 1717
  • 1719
  • 1718
  • 1721
  • 1714

Question 15

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When did Koch discover the Anthrax microbe?
Answer
  • 1865
  • 1872
  • 1875
  • 1871
  • 1880
  • 1885
  • 1854

Question 16

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When was the Company of Surgeons which improved standard for surgical training set up?
Answer
  • 1765
  • 1730
  • 1735
  • 1740
  • 1750
  • 1770
  • 1745

Question 17

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Who was the first to discover Scarlet Fever?
Answer
  • John Snow
  • William Harvey
  • Thomas Sydenham
  • Emil Von Behring

Question 18

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When did Dutch clock maker Anthony van Leeuwenhoek invent the microscope?
Answer
  • 1661
  • 1692
  • 1687
  • 1693
  • 1691

Question 19

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When did the Romans leave Britain?
Answer
  • 430 AD
  • 425 AD
  • 410 AD
  • 445 AD
  • 400AD

Question 20

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During which period was the Renaissance at its height?
Answer
  • 1460-1600
  • 1450-1600
  • 1400-1550
  • 1450-1700
  • 1400-1600
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