Pills & Treatments
In 1897, while working for Bayer, German chemist Felix Hoffman invented Acetylsalicyclic acid, also known as THIS...
THIS pandemic came into our country from Wuhan, China in late 2019. To date, it has claimed the lives of 5 million people world-wide.
What is "COVID-19"?
THIS was invented in 1865. It was (and still is) used to take someone's temperature in either the mouth, or under the armpit... Today's version can take someone's temperature simply by waving it in front of the forehead...
What is the "THERMOMETER"?
Fill in the blank: "It has long been known, that exercise leads to a better quality of life... Exercise also leads to a _____ life."
DAILY DOUBLE... THIS type of pill does not work... and that is on purpose. In medical studies THESE fake pills show whether or not the real pill will work...
What is "placebo"?
If someone has "influenza" you could shorten it, by saying they have THIS...
What is "flu"?
In 1846, US dentist Henry Morgan held a public demonstration of the use of ether as a general anesthetic. Long, complex operations were now possible, without the patient feeling ___.
What is "pain"?
DAILY TRIPLE... As a volunteer caring for the casualties of the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) reorganized the hospital and cut patient death rates. Her work established ______ as a new profession.
What is "nursing"?
Fill in the blank: "An ounce of PREVENTION is worth a pound of ____."
What is "CURE"?
What is "heart" transplant?
Long before COVID-19 came into our picture, THIS pandemic raged throughout the world (from 1918 - 1920) claiming the lives of 50 million people world-wide, before it was finished.
What is "Spanish flu"?
French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) did experiments with the contamination of milk and other liquids. These experiments convinced him that diseases were caused by the passing of microscopic ____ (5 letters, ending in "s")
What are "germs"?
Thirty seconds was all it took for 19th century surgeon Robert Liston to _______ a human leg -- without anesthetic!
What is "amputate"?
Fill in the blank: "An APPLE a day, keeps the _____ away."
What is "DOCTOR"?
DAILY DOUBLE... On December 3, 1967 HE performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant...
Who is "Christiaan Barnard"?
What is "PNEUMONIA"?
DAILY DOUBLE... (800 POINTS) Frenchman Rene Laennec invented THIS, which allows doctors to hear the heart and lungs, and check for sounds that indicate disease...
What is the "stethoscope"?
What is "sterile"? (The mouthwash "Listerine" gets its name from Joseph LISTER)
Fill in the blank: "Wearing a mask helps _____ COVID-19..."
What is "PREVENT"? "PROTECT FROM"?
THIS Professor of Bacteriology in London, discovered the first antibiotic, PENICILLIN, in 1928...
Who is "Alexander Fleming"?
THESE are the two leading causes of death...
What are 1) Heart Disease, and 2) Cancer ??
Thomas Edison had this to say: "The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and p - - - - - - - - - of disease."
What is "prevention"?
"Medical science really began in the 16th century with the work of doctors who studied the body by ______ it."
What is "FALSE"? Exercise leads to LONGER LIFE...