Q.1
Which medical researcher from the Low Countries studied at the University of Padua, and then became physician to the Emperor Charles V?
  • Pare
  • Vesalius
  • Harvey
  • Jenner
Q.2
To which group of medical practitioners did Pare belong?
  • The Guild of Medical Practitioners
  • The College of Physicians
  • The Royal Guild of Physicians
  • The Guild of Barber Surgeons
Q.3
Which Ancient Greek figure, famous for the oath taken by all qualifying doctors, was studied and admired during the Renaissance?
  • Hippocrates
  • Galen
  • Pericles
  • Socrates
Q.4
It was very difficult for women to break into medicine, especially as universities were barred to them. What one role from this list of four could women undertake?
  • Midwife
  • Medical porter
  • Pharmacist
  • Almoner
Q.5
Edward Jenner, from Gloucestershire, noticed that girls working in a particular profession did not catch smallpox. Which group was this?
  • Shepherdesses
  • Grooms
  • Dairy maids
  • Cattle herds
Q.6
What form of treatment for war wounds had Pare pioneered?
  • Cauterisation with boiling oil
  • Ligating arteries following amputation
  • Amputation followed by herbal remedies on the stump
  • Sucking the remaining gunpowder poison from the stump, then bandaging
Q.7
William Harvey, famous for his discovery of the circulation of the blood, was associated with a major London teaching hospital when he had finished his university studies. Which hospital was this?
  • Guy's
  • St. Bartholomew's
  • St. Thomas's
  • Chelsea
Q.8
Quacks were a familiar feature of the Early Modern period. What alternative word was used to describe those who peddled doubtful medicines and treatment?
  • Fraudsters
  • Charlatans
  • Witch doctors
  • Dupers
Q.9
Harvey became physician to two English kings. The list of monarchs below features one of them. Which one?
  • Henry VII
  • James I
  • Henry VIII
  • Charles II
Q.10
Scrofula, a skin disease that was believed to be curable by contact with an anointed monarch, could be treated with more orthodox remedies if the "Royal Touch" failed. What was the usual alternative treatment?
  • Bandaging
  • Herbal remedies
  • Burning of the skin
  • Scraping the loose skin
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