BME QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

When Banting and Best performed their experiments on dogs, they need approval from a committee before they could begin animal work - Answer-false Immediately after his one year of surgical residence at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, Fred Banting - Answer-opened his own practice to see patients The Flexner report on Medical Education in the United States and Canada concluded that: - Answermedical education needed to be reformed An IACUC (animal care com) weighs the scientific benefit of the application versus - Answer-the harm caused to the animals An IACUC (animal care com) must have at least five members. one member must be a non-scientist - Answer-true Congress passed the animal welfare act of 1966 after an uproar caused publication of an article about dog dealers in which magazine? - Answer-Life currently, if a scientist wants to experiment on mammals, the experiment must be approved by a com that is composed entirely of other scientists - Answer-false Fred banting grew up on a - Answer-farm george minot diagnosed with _____ when 35 - Answer-diabetes Two main functions of the pancreas - Answer-produces and secretes digestive enzymes into the stomach. it controls glucose level in blood stream through secretion of insulin During summer of 1921, fred banting performed experiments on dogs. in one group, he treid to caused the dogs to develop diabetes by removing an organ. Which organ? - Answer-pancreasfred banting developed his idea on how to treat diabetes while he was - Answer-preparing for a lecture for medical students in 1921, the best way to measure glucose in blood was based on - Answer-a final color of a mixture of blood and some reagents. around 1920, the amount of glucose in blood could be measured by an electronic meter - Answer-false charles evan hughes, the US secretary of state in 1920, was diagosed with diabetes in 1920 - Answerfalse a child who develops diabetes typically loses weight. In 1920, the best treatment was - Answer-restrict diet, causing more weight loss. best treatment for diabetes in 1915 was - Answer-starvation diet