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THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
LESSON 11

I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION:

1. The clinical thermometer was invented by _______.

(a) D.G. Fahrenheit (b) Joseph Lister (c) Galileo

2. The normal temperature of the human body is _______.

(a) 98.4˚F or 27˚C (b) 98.4˚F or 37˚C (c) 98.4˚F or 47˚C

3. _______ helps to hear the heartbeat of a person.

(a) Microscope (b) Thermometer (c) Stethoscope

4. Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic named _______.

(a) Chloromycetin (b) Penicillin (c) Streptomycin

5. _______ is used to see micro-organisms like bacteria, protozoa etc.

(a) Macroscope (b) X-ray machine (c) Microscope

6. _______ machine is used to monitor the brain.

(a) EEG (b) ECG (c) MRI

7. _______ was a dreaded disease in the 18th century.

(a) Measles (b) Chicken-pox (c) Small-pox

8. _______ introduced the use of chloroform in surgery.

(a) Joseph Lister (b) James Simpson (c) Edward Jenner

9. _______ was used to deaden nerves for operations.

(a) Cocaine (b) Quinine (c) Carbolic acid

10. X-rays were discovered by _______.

(a) Rene Laennec (b) Louis Pasteur (c) W.K.Roentgen

11. The full form of CAT-Scan is _______.

(a) Computerised Axial Tonography Scan
(b) Computerised Axial Tomography Scan
(c) Computerised Axial Torography Scan

12. The process of boiling milk at high temperature and then cooling kill germs is
called _______.
(a) Pasteurisation (b) Sterlisation (c) Condensation

13. The word microscope is a combination of two _______ words.

(a) Latin (b) German (c) Greek
14. _______ discovered the anti-small pox vaccine.
(a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Galileo

15. _______ is the process of making surgical instruments free from germs.
(a) Sterlisation (b) Pasteurisation (c) Surgery

16. _______ strengthens the body defence against illness.

(a) Eating junk food (b) Sleeping late at night
(c) Regular exercise

17. In early times, people used to think that diseases were caused by _______.
(a) forces of nature (b) worshipping gods and goddesses
(c) evil spirits

18. The _______ microscope magnifies the object millions of times.

(a) electron (b) compound (c) inverted

19. _______ are substances which prevent the action of poison.

(a) Antibiotics (b) Antidotes (c) Antigen

20. We can see germs through _______.

(a) X-rays (b) Stethoscope (c) Microscope