GCSE History (9-1) - Key Individuals
(Medicine Through Time Unit) Test
Questions with Verified Answers 2026
Updated.
Alexander Fleming - Answer Discovered Penicillium, the bacteria that is used to make
penicillin in 1928.
Andreas Vesalius 1514-64 - Answer Made discoveries of the anatomy that proved Galen was
wrong in his work. Created "the Fabric of the Human Body" which contained detailed drawings
of the anatomy.
Charles Booth - Answer Carried out studies into poverty, such as "Life and Labour of the
People in London"- (33 volumes, 1889-1903).
Christian Barnard - Answer Carried out the first heart transplant in 1967.
Disorder’s - Answer In the 1st Century this Roman writer published a book with detailed
information on the use of plants and herbs as drugs.
Edmund Colthust - Answer Began a project in 1602 designed to bring water to London, from
Hertfordshire, by constructing an artificial river.
Edward Jenner 1749-1823 - Answer Discovered that cowpox could be used as a vaccination
against smallpox.
Edwin Chadwick - Answer Wrote a report for the Poor Law Commission in 1842, telling
ratepayers that if they wanted to reduce payments needed to help the poor, they should spend
money on improving the health of the masses.
Elizabeth Blackwell - Answer First woman to qualify as a doctor in the USA.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - Answer Originally worked as a nurse, went on to become the
first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain in 1895.
(Medicine Through Time Unit) Test
Questions with Verified Answers 2026
Updated.
Alexander Fleming - Answer Discovered Penicillium, the bacteria that is used to make
penicillin in 1928.
Andreas Vesalius 1514-64 - Answer Made discoveries of the anatomy that proved Galen was
wrong in his work. Created "the Fabric of the Human Body" which contained detailed drawings
of the anatomy.
Charles Booth - Answer Carried out studies into poverty, such as "Life and Labour of the
People in London"- (33 volumes, 1889-1903).
Christian Barnard - Answer Carried out the first heart transplant in 1967.
Disorder’s - Answer In the 1st Century this Roman writer published a book with detailed
information on the use of plants and herbs as drugs.
Edmund Colthust - Answer Began a project in 1602 designed to bring water to London, from
Hertfordshire, by constructing an artificial river.
Edward Jenner 1749-1823 - Answer Discovered that cowpox could be used as a vaccination
against smallpox.
Edwin Chadwick - Answer Wrote a report for the Poor Law Commission in 1842, telling
ratepayers that if they wanted to reduce payments needed to help the poor, they should spend
money on improving the health of the masses.
Elizabeth Blackwell - Answer First woman to qualify as a doctor in the USA.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - Answer Originally worked as a nurse, went on to become the
first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain in 1895.
