Quiz on Medicine - 4

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1. In the 1940s, what surgery was first performed by a British surgeon named Archibald McIndoe on airmen?

a. Coronary Heart Surgery

b. Organ Transplant

c. Appendix

d. Plastic Surgery

2. In 1967, what was first performed by a South African surgeon named Christiaan Barnard?

a. Plastic Surgery

b. Cancer Therapy

c. Heart Transplant

d. Coronary Heart Surgery

3. In 1978, Louise Brown became the first _______ baby in the world.

a. Test Tube

b. Twin

c. Mutated

d. Artificial

4. The electrocardiogram or ECG is used to measure what in the body?

a. Glucose Levels

b. Bile content

c. Heart Beat

d. Blood Pressure

5. In medicine, who proposed the theory of four humor that was widely accepted as a science and was passed over for two millennia?

a. Hippocrates

b. Socrates

c. Plato

d. Aristotle

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1. In the 1940s, what surgery was first performed by a British surgeon named Archibald McIndoe on airmen?

a. Coronary Heart Surgery

b. Organ Transplant

c. Appendix

d. Plastic Surgery

Did You Know?

The first plastic surgery was carried out on the faces of disfigured airmen. They were nicknamed the 'Guinea Pig Club.'

Read more about it in this link.

2. In 1967, what was first performed by a South African surgeon named Christiaan Barnard?

a. Plastic Surgery

b. Cancer Therapy

c. Heart Transplant

d. Coronary Heart Surgery

Did You Know?

Louis Washkansky, who was dying from chronic heart disease received a heart transplant from Denise Darvall, a 25-year old woman who was fatally injured in an accident. Washkansky lived for 18 days before dying of double pneumonia.

Read more about it in this link.

3. In 1978, Louise Brown became the first _______ baby in the world.

a. Test Tube

b. Twin

c. Mutated

d. Artificial

Did You Know?

In 1978, Louis Jay Brown became the first test-tube baby in the world born to parents Lesley and Peter Brown. Today, IVF or In Vitro Fertilization is considered a mainstream medical treatment for infertility.

Read more about it in this link.

4. The electrocardiogram or ECG is used to measure what in the body?

a. Glucose Levels

b. Bile content

c. Heart Beat

d. Blood Pressure

Did You Know?

An electrocardiogram records the electrical signals in your heart. It's a common and painless test used to quickly detect heart problems and monitor your heart's health.

Read more about it in this link.

5. In medicine, who proposed the theory of four humor that was widely accepted as a science and was passed over for two millennia?

a. Hippocrates

b. Socrates

c. Plato

d. Aristotle

Did You Know?

The humors were blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. If these four were in balance, the body was considered to be healthy.

Read more about it in this link.

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