Quiz on Medicine - 6

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The latest quiz by our quiz company takes you through the fascinating world of medical breakthroughs, life-saving drugs, and the incredible human body’s ability to heal. From ancient remedies to modern advancements, medicine has continuously evolved to combat diseases and improve well-being. This quiz will challenge your knowledge of medical history, treatments, and groundbreaking discoveries that have shaped healthcare. Think you have a sharp mind for medicine?

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1. What are the chemicals called that can relieve symptoms but do not kill the pathogens called?

a. Antibodies

b. Vaccines

c. Generic Medicines

d. Painkillers

2. Who is believed to have composed the first medical encyclopedia called "On the Diseases and Cures of Women"?

a. Metrodora

b. Asclepius

c. Arianna

d. Lowa

3. What is the name of the oath that requires doctors to practice ethically and to abstain from euthanasia?

a. Socrates

b. Hippocrates

c. Plato

d. Aristotle

4. What is the medical term for treating a patient without finding the underlying cause of the condition?

a. Formulative

b. Regulative

c. Palliative

d. Paralative

5. What was invented by Dr. Raymond Damadian who wanted to noninvasively scan the body with the help of magnets?

a. MRI

b. X-ray

c. ECG

d. CT

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Answers

1. What are the chemicals called that can relieve symptoms but do not kill the pathogens called?

a. Antibodies

b. Vaccines

c. Generic Medicines

d. Painkillers

Did You Know?

Paracetamol is a painkiller as it reduces headache and fever. Only the immune system can fight the pathogen in the body.

Read more about it in this link.

2. Who is believed to have composed the first medical encyclopedia called "On the Diseases and Cures of Women"?

a. Metrodora

b. Asclepius

c. Arianna

d. Lowa

Did You Know?

Considered the first compilation of a medical encyclopedia, Metrodora has explained the use of surgical instruments and ways to make medicines using herbs.

Read more about it in this link.

3. What is the name of the oath that requires doctors to practice ethically and to abstain from euthanasia?

a. Socrates

b. Hippocrates

c. Plato

d. Aristotle

Did You Know?

Euthanasia means "mercy killing". Euthanasia is carried out by doctors to put people out of suffering.

Read more about it in this link.

4. What is the medical term for treating a patient without finding the underlying cause of the condition?

a. Formulative

b. Regulative

c. Palliative

d. Paralative

Did You Know?

Palliative gets its term from the Latin word "palliativus" which means "to cloak". Patients are prescribed painkillers without identifying the underlying cause.

Read more about it in this link.

5. What was invented by Dr. Raymond Damadian who wanted to noninvasively scan the body with the help of magnets?

a. MRI

b. X-ray

c. ECG

d. CT

Did You Know?

MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The first MRI exam was performed in 1977 using a machine that was named the "indomitable".

Read more about it in this link.

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