Inventions
The invention of a French physician, René Laënnec, that helps doctors listen to their patient's heartbeats effectively.
What is a stethoscope?
This first baseman’s diagnosis helped make ALS one of the few diseases widely known by a person’s name
Who is Lou Gehrig?
This ancient Greek physician is often called the “Father of Medicine.”
Who is Hippocrates?
Biggest bone in the body.
What is a femur?
This condition causes a person’s skin and eyes to appear yellow due to excess bilirubin.
What is jaundice?
The inventor of Penicillin.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
This singer and actress has spoken publicly about lupus and received a kidney transplant related to it
Who is Selena Gomez?
Traditional Chinese medicine often describes health as a balance between these two complementary forces.
What are yin and yang?
How many are Four Chambers? (two atria and two ventricles)
This condition, often called “lockjaw,” is caused by a toxin from Clostridium tetani.
What is tetanus?
The invention that was accidentally discovered by a German physicist, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, that is a penetrating form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.
What is an X-ray? (much less commonly known as X-radiation)
This actress underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a BRCA mutation.
Who is Angelina Jolie?
This iron device helped many polio patients breathe by creating negative pressure around the body.
What is the iron lung?
This part of the nephron is primarily responsible for filtration of blood.
What is the glomerulus?
This condition causes a bluish tint to the skin and can result from abnormal oxygen levels or certain chemicals.
What is cyanosis?
The devices that send an electric pulse or shock to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat. They are used to prevent or correct an arrhythmia, an uneven heartbeat that is too slow or too fast.
What is a defibrillator?
This actress from Legally Blonde and Cruel Intentions has spoken publicly about living with MS.
Who is Selma Blair?
This World War II–era drug disaster caused severe birth defects and later led to stronger drug regulation.
What is thalidomide?
The thinking part of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
This medical term refers to eating non-food substances like dirt, clay, or chalk.
What is pica?
The person who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714. (Hint: His last name is a measurement of temperature used today)
Who is Gabriel Fahrenheit?
Patrick Swayze(Dirty Dancing) died in 2009 from what kind of Cancer?
What is Pancreatic Cancer?
This ancient Greek and Roman medical idea said health depended on balancing blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
What are the four humors?
This endocrine gland sits superior to the kidneys and releases cortisol and epinephrine-related hormones
What are the adrenal glands?
This condition causes a person to be born with organs mirrored from their usual positions.
What is situs inversus?