History of Medicine (Grade 7)
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History of Medicine
1.
The oldest known records of medical practices come from which Mesopotamian civilization?
- Persia
- Sumer
- Assyria
- Babylon
2.
Records from Babylon and Egypt indicate that both used physical examinations and observations of symptoms to diagnose illnesses.
- True
- False
3.
The earliest known surgical tools were found in Persia.
- True
- False
4.
The ancient Greeks believed that sicknesses were caused by an imbalance of four bodily fluids they called .
- elements
- miasmas
- humors
- biles
5.
The Hippocratic Oath was named after the ancient Greek doctor Hippocrates.
- True
- False
6.

The image of the Rod of is still used today by medical organizations.
- Zeus
- Hermes
- Mercury
- Asclepius
7.
The works of Galen were still being used over a thousand years after his death during the medieval period.
- True
- False
8.
The first hospitals were in ancient Sparta.
- True
- False
9.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Academy of Gondishapur in Iran became the most important center for medical research.
- True
- False
10.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, it was thought disease was spread through polluted or foul-smelling air called .
- cholera
- miasmas
- vapors
- humors
11.
Which surgeon promoted the use of antiseptics to sterilize surgical tools before operations?
- Louis Pasteur
- Joseph Lister
- Robert Koch
- Jonas Salk
12.
Florence Nightingale established the first secular nursing school.
- True
- False
13.
Edward Jenner created the vaccine for which disease?
- polio
- malaria
- cholera
- smallpox
14.
Inoculation is the same as vaccination.
- True
- False
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