Our Health History Quiz

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  Who was the first African-American Doctor?

  • A.
    James McCune Smith
  • B.
    Dr. Martin Luther King
• 2.
  Where was the first American Sanitarium?

  • A.
    New York
  • B.
    Virginia
• 3.
  Who was George Washington's Physician?

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  • A.
    Dr. James R. Whitsen
  • B.
    Dr. James Craik
• 4.
  The pandemic of 1918 was also called...

  • A.
    The Spanish Flu
  • B.
    Yellow Fever
• 5.
  Who invented the bi-focals?

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  • A.
    Antoine DeBrusseau
  • B.
    Benjamin Franklin
• 6.
  The first Pharmacy was established in...

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  • A.
    Philadelphia
  • B.
    New Orleans
• 7.
  What year was the first dose of penicillin given to a patient in the United States?

  • A.
    1942
  • B.
    1918
• 8.
  What year was the first American Medical association created?

  • A.
    1881
  • B.
    1817
• 9.
  Who performed the first successful open-heart surgery?

  • A.
    Dr. Thomas P. Grant
  • B.
    Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
• 10.
  What caused most of the deaths during the Civil War?

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  • A.
    Illness
  • B.
    Gun Shots
• 11.
  Who was the first American woman to receive a medical degree?

  • A.
    Florence Nightingale
  • B.
    Elizabeth Blackwell
• 12.
  When was the first hospital-based ambulance service established in the U.S.?

  • A.
    1865
  • B.
    1910
  • C.
    1887
  • D.
    1901
• 13.
  Where was the first U.S. hospital?

  • A.
    Boston
  • B.
    Philadelphia
  • C.
    Washington D.C.
• 14.
  When was Smallpox deemed "eradicated"?

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  • A.
    1957
  • B.
    1967
  • C.
    1977
• 15.
  In the 1700's, doctors believed three things led to disease.  What were they?

  • A.
    Wind, Water, Dirt
  • B.
    Putrid, Oily, Salty
  • C.
    Sweet, Salty, Bland
• 16.
  During Prohibition, the U.S. Treasury Department authorized physicians to write prescriptions for medicinal alcohol.

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 17.
  In 1873...

  • A.
    The modern scalpel was invented in Raleigh, NC
  • B.
    Official nursing education was offered in the U.S.
  • C.
    The first stomach pump was invented in Cleveland, OH
• 18.
  When did the U.S. begin to train doctors specifically for the emergency room?

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  • A.
    1972
  • B.
    1952
  • C.
    1932
• 19.
  American women in the 18th and 19th centuries had on average _____ live births during their lifetimes

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  • A.
    Three
  • B.
    Five
  • C.
    Seven
  • D.
    Fourteen
• 20.
  Today, modern medicine focuses only on science and the mechanistic view of the body, while many Native Americans continue to include the...

  • A.
    Outdoors and nature
  • B.
    Spiritual aspects of illness
  • C.
    Healing power of hides and feathers

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