Diseases
This mosquito-borne disease can cause severe fever and is often treated surgically to remove infected tissue.
What is Malaria
This tool is used to cut through skin and tissue during surgery.
What is a scalpel?
This African country has made significant strides in increasing access to surgical care through partnerships with global health organizations.
What is Rwanda
This ancient civilization was the first to perform cataract surgery using a technique called “couching.”
Who were the Egyptians?
This planet is known for having a day longer than its year.
What is Venus
This bacterial infection, often treated with antibiotics, can lead to limb amputations if untreated.
What is gangrene?
This device helps stop bleeding by clamping blood vessels.
What is a hemostat
This South American country has a high rate of cleft palate surgeries due to international aid programs.
What is Peru?
This shape has three sides and three angles.
What is a triangle?
The only mammal capable of true flight is this animal.
What is a bat?
This condition, caused by a lack of vitamin C, was historically treated by sailors with citrus fruits but can still require surgery today.
What is scurvy
This tool is used to hold tissues apart during surgery, giving the surgeon a clear view.
What is a retractor?
This Asian country has one of the lowest surgeon-to-population ratios in the world, leading to challenges in accessing surgery.
What is Bangladesh?
This modern surgical innovation allows surgeons to operate using tiny incisions and a camera.
What is laparoscopic surgery?
This fruit was once so valuable in Europe that people rented it to show off at parties instead of eating it.
What is a Pineapple?
This viral disease, eradicated through vaccination, once caused severe deformities and required reconstructive surgery.
What is smallpox
This device is used to monitor a patient’s heart rate and oxygen levels during surgery.
What is a pulse oximeter?
This country in Oceania has a high demand for cataract surgeries due to its aging population.
What is Australia?
The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against invasions from this direction.
What is the North?
The inventor of the modern telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, refused to have one of these in his own study.
What is a telephone?
This disease, caused by parasites, can cause swelling in limbs and requires surgical intervention in severe cases.
What is lymphatic filariasis(elephantiasis)
This tool is used to stitch up wounds and is often threaded with surgical thread.
What is a surgical suture?
This European country is known for its advanced robotic surgery techniques.
What is Germany?
In Greek mythology, this hero completed twelve labors as punishment for killing his family.
Who is Hercules?
This common household item was originally invented to protect furniture from scratches caused by violin bows.
What is duct tape?