Medicing through time

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1. What did Robert Koch do?

  • He discovered the bacteria that causes Tuberculosis (TB)
  • He discovered the bacteria that causes Thrush
  • He discovered the bacteria that causes HIV/Aids
  • He discovered the bacteria that causes Cancer
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2. What was in Pare's healing cream?

  • Egg, Turpentine, Rose oil
  • Rose oil, Figs, Wine
  • Egg, Chicken blood, Apple pulp
  • Lavender oil, Peach juice, Aloe vera gel

3. What did Galen get wrong?

  • He thought the blood was made in the liver and the body used blood like fuel.
  • He thought humans had two hearts and pumped the blood around the body in different diretions.
  • He said the brain pumped blood around the body and the heart made it.
  • He said blood was blue untill oxygenated, then it turned dark purple.

4. What was a 'cure' for a sore throat provided by a wisewoman in the middle ages?

  • Holding a warm potatoe wrapped in chicken feathers on your neck.
  • Drinking warm cow urine, goat milk and pear juice.
  • Tying a peice of string around a bunch of alive worms, then wearing it around your neck.
  • Cutting off the head of an alive eel then rubbing the warm blood on your neck.

5. Who was Galen?

  • Egyptian Witch Doctor
  • Chinese Doctor
  • Greek Physician
  • French Physician

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