20th Century Medicine

Question 1

Who created a stethoscope

Answer 1

Rene laennec

Question 2

What did Gabriel Fahrenheit created

Answer 2

First Mercury thermometer

Question 3

What did Horace Wells use for anesthesia

Answer 3

Nitrous oxide

Question 4

Penicillin was discovered in

Answer 4

1928

Question 5

First successful heart transplantation was performed by

Answer 5

Christian Barnard

Question 6

Dr. Karl Landsteiner’s achievement

Answer 6

Nobel prize for discovery of human blood groups

Question 7

Who proved the efficacious prontodi and sulanilamide in streptococcal septicemia

Answer 7

Leonard Colebrooke

Question 8

Who discovered insulin

Answer 8

Frederick Banting and Charles H. Best

Question 9

Louise Pasteur created term

Answer 9

Aerobic and anaerobic

Question 10

Gerrard domagk proved

Answer 10

The red dye prontosil is active against localised streptococcal infection

Question 11

What was the main drug of treatment for syphilis before introducing penicillin

Answer 11

Salvarsan

Question 12

Discovery of Robert Koch

Answer 12

• Bacteria responsible for tuberculosis
• The anthrax disease cycle

Question 13

Who is the founder of bacteriology

Answer 13

Robert Koch

Question 14

First successful kidney transplantation was carried out in

Answer 14

1807

Question 15

Who invented the first practical electrocardiograph

Answer 15

Willem Einthoven

Question 16

Who introduced antiseptics in surgery

Answer 16

Joseph Lister

Question 17

The first half of the 20th century witnessed the virtual conquest of major diseases of tropics, which are

Answer 17

• Malaria
• Leprosy
• Yellow fever

Question 18

John Snow identified the source of

Answer 18

Cholera epidemic

Question 19

Who is considered to be the “Father of Medical Ultrasound”

Answer 19

John wild

Question 20

Who gave the first clinical description of whooping cough

Answer 20

Guilaume de Baillou