Bio250 Lecture Quiz 2 Questions with
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What did Semmelweis discover? - ANSWER In the mid 1850s he discovered that ladies
giving birth in wards with midwives were less likely to die than those wards with doctors.
This was because the doctors were not washing their hands and working in different wards
and with dead bodies. This was one of the first discoveries that led to hand washing.
What is Semmelweis rejected by? - ANSWER the Austrian medical establishment
Who is Sir Joseph Lister? - ANSWER he carried Semmelweis's work forward.
he pioneered the use of antiseptics (mainly phenol) which led to the development of
sterile surgery.
Why did Lister loose his passion or love for writing and studying? - ANSWER when his wife
died; she was his closest research partner
Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes? - ANSWER he came up with the term of anestheia.
remembered as a polymath who excelled in prose, poetry, medicine, law and invention. he died
in his sleep; promotion of germ theory.
Who is Thucydides? - ANSWER he noted typhoid immunity/resistance
What did Pasteur, Koch, and others experiment on? - ANSWER they created vaccines that
weakened or killed pathogens
Who was Edward Jenner? - ANSWER he was the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine; the
world's first vaccine. he experimented on his son and a little boy with smallpox who was
found to be immuned.
Accurate Solutions
What did Semmelweis discover? - ANSWER In the mid 1850s he discovered that ladies
giving birth in wards with midwives were less likely to die than those wards with doctors.
This was because the doctors were not washing their hands and working in different wards
and with dead bodies. This was one of the first discoveries that led to hand washing.
What is Semmelweis rejected by? - ANSWER the Austrian medical establishment
Who is Sir Joseph Lister? - ANSWER he carried Semmelweis's work forward.
he pioneered the use of antiseptics (mainly phenol) which led to the development of
sterile surgery.
Why did Lister loose his passion or love for writing and studying? - ANSWER when his wife
died; she was his closest research partner
Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes? - ANSWER he came up with the term of anestheia.
remembered as a polymath who excelled in prose, poetry, medicine, law and invention. he died
in his sleep; promotion of germ theory.
Who is Thucydides? - ANSWER he noted typhoid immunity/resistance
What did Pasteur, Koch, and others experiment on? - ANSWER they created vaccines that
weakened or killed pathogens
Who was Edward Jenner? - ANSWER he was the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine; the
world's first vaccine. he experimented on his son and a little boy with smallpox who was
found to be immuned.
