Medical Discoveries Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 7
What antibiotic, discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, was later isolated and purified by Ernst Chain and Howard Florey?
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penicillin
What organs electrical current did Willem Einthoven devise a way to measure and record, thus producing the EKG?
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heart
What antibiotic was first discovered in 1928?
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penicillin
Which famous physician discovered penicillin in a culture of staphylococcus bacteria in 1928?
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alexander fleming
What organ did UCLA scientists find in 1995 could be successfully transplanted from a spouse nearly as well as from a twin?
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kidney
Which German bacteriologist discovered that Salvorsan was the 'magic bullet' to treat syphilis?
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paul ehrlich
What disease, also known as consumption, was linked to a specific bacteria discovered by Robert Koch in 1882?
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tuberculosis
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