Viral Questions
Typhoid Mary
A picture is worth a 1000 Dx
Antidotes
Potpourri
100
The term ‘quarantine’ derives from The Italian ‘quaranta giorni’ – meaning 40 days, an isolation practiced for arriving ships, that was started in Venice, Italy, to combat this disease?
The Black Death plague epidemic.
100
What was Typhoid Mary's actual name?
Mary Mallon, later changed to Mary Brown
100
The first one is easy, what pathogen is depicted by the following?
CoronaVirus..obviously
100
Per legend, a stone found in the stomach of a goat, that can cure most poisons
A bezoar
100
Seen primarily in patients with eating disorders, what is the Russell's Sign?
Russell’s sign, named after Gerald Russell (1928 – 2018) a British Psychiatrist who first described bulimia nervosa.
It is the manifestation of calluses on the knuckles, typically on the dominant hand caused by repeated damage to the skin from the incisor teeth as the patient tries to induce vomiting.
200
Almeida and Tyrrell performed electron microscopy on fluids from organ cultures infected with "B814 virus" and found particles that resembled the infectious bronchitis virus of chickens. This new group of viruses was named coronavirus. Why was this name chosen?
"corona" denoting the crown-like appearance of the surface projections under the electron microscope (do not accept sun-like)
200
In 1907 about 3,000 people had been infected by Salmonella typhi, and probably Mary was the main reason for the outbreak through her work as a cook. Which city was she working in at the time?
New York City
Having immigrated from Ireland recently
200
Kawasaki's disease
200
Used for Immediate reversal of neuromuscular blockade by rocuronium, vecuronium and pancuronium
Sugammadex
200
In 1834, which piece of medical equipment were The Times commenting on?
…it will never come into general use notwithstanding its value. It is extremely doubtful because its beneficial application requires much time and gives a good bit of trouble to both the patient and the practitioner; and because its hue and character are foreign and opposed to all our habits and associations. It is just not going to get used.
The Stethoscope
300
The “Spanish Flu” affected people the world over and killed up to 50 million people, so why then is it named after Spain?
It was reported there.
At the end of the first world war, Spain, being a neutral country, had a free press and reported more thoroughly on it, thus globally it became known as the “Spanish flu”.
300
After being discovered to be the source of the outbreak, Mary was forced into quarantine. How long was she kept in quarantine?
3 years. 1907 to 1910
300
Which disease was named after this ‘cranky’ fellow: (Medical Terminology)
Mad Cow Disease or BSE
300
Reversal of patients on Dabigatran
Idarucizumab (Praxbind)
300
Whose lips have been kissed the most in the world?
Standarized CPR dummy
L’Inconnue de la Seine (the unknown woman of the Seine)
L’ Inconnue has become Parisian legend and so the popular story goes that in the late 1880s an unknown girl was pulled from the river Seine and it was believed suicide was the cause (although never confirmed). As was popular in the day she was put on public display but no one identified her. This is not to say she did not turn heads, in fact one mortuary attendant made a plaster cast of her half-smile. It was such a hit at the time artists from around Europe were replicating her face in their works, there was mass production of her death mask and the philosopher Albert Camus even referred to her as the “drowned Mona Lisa”. However, this was not the end of there story…
Decades later Asmund Laerdal (yes of Laerdal simulation equipment) was busy building wooden toys in the 1940s and after the war he experimented with a new material… plastic. One of his most famous playthings was ‘Anne doll’ which won toy of the year with its sleeping eyes and natural hair. Still he had not put L’ Inconnue’s face on the doll, nor had his CPR equipment been developed.
During the success of ‘Anne doll’ Laerdal’s two year old son, Tore nearly drowned and Laerdal had to pump water out of his lungs. So it was no surprise that when a group of anaesthesiologists and a researcher named Peter Safar who helped pioneer CPR spoke to Laerdal they had an avid listener.
Laerdal embarked upon making a life-sized mannequin so that people could practise these new life saving techniques. However, he needed a face, he remembered a serene mask hanging on the in-laws’ wall, it was of course L’ Inconnue. Laerdal also kept the name “Anne doll” on his new mannequin (Resusci Anne). So L’ Inconnue has the most kissed lips in the world and according to Laerdal these CRP techniques has saved more than 2 million lives.
400
In what decade were coronaviruses originally discovered?
1960's
400
Mary was forced into quarantine on two separate occasions on North Brother Island, a total of 26 years. Upon her release from her first quarantine, Mallon was given a new job, what was it?
Mallon was given a job as a laundress, which paid less than cooking. After working as a laundress, she changed her name and again became a cook.
400
Name the disease (Medical terminology)
Saint Vitus’ Dance (aka, Dancing mania, Sydenham’s chorea)
400
Sulfur containing antidote for cyanide poisoning
Sodium thiosulphate
400
What rubber medical object was first discovered in South America ?
A rubber enema syringe.
Mesoamericans initially used rubber from 1600BC to create balls and play games with them as well as making containers. But in 1736 Charles Marie de la Condamine (1701-74) sent samples to Académie royale des sciences of a substance he called ‘latex’ He later confessed he called the tree this latex appeared from the ‘enema tree’ as natives would fashion a syringe by sculpting it into a pear-shaped bottle and attaching a wooden flute.
500
According to a Chinese study, Which blood group has lower rates of COVID-19 infection and which has more?
A Chinese study of 2,173 individuals found that those with blood group A had a higher associated risk of acquiring covid19 compared to all other blood groups and those with group O had the least risk. This observation has been observed in other countries.
500
In 1915, Mary started another major outbreak, this time at a hospital, 25 patients were infected,2 died. Leading to Mary being confined for the rest of her life. What type of hospital was this?
Sloane Hospital for Women. Obstetrics and Neonatal care
Now a part of the NYP system
500
Name the Disease
Lupus erythematosus.
The word ‘lupus’ (Latin for ‘wolf’)
500
A histamine and serotonin antagonist used for control of symptoms in mild-to-moderate serotonin syndrome
Cyproheptadine
500
Who wrote:
Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too.
Anton Chekov (1860-1894)
Chekov, of course, is the renowned Russian writer, dramatist and physician. This quotation is from his play Ivanov.