Medical Pioneers Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 9
Which scientist developed an oral polio vaccine as well as vaccines for dengue fever and encephalitis?
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albert sabin
Which nurse, born in 1820, was nearly prevented from entering the medical field by her wealthy family?
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florence nightingale
Who developed the theory of circulation that Van Leeuwenhoek helped explain by discovering capillaries?
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william harvey
Who was the South African physician known for pioneering heart transplants and was the son of a Dutch Reformed minister?
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christiaan barnard
Who administered the first inoculation for rabies in 1885?
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louis pasteur
Whose tombstone states that he gave to man control over yellow fever?
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walter reed
Who is the physician known for pioneering the oral polio vaccine and obtained a medical degree one year after becoming a U.S. citizen?
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albert sabin
Who was the U.S. Army doctor whose research on yellow fever demonstrated that mosquitoes transmit the disease?
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walter reed
Who was the scientist whose 1798 paper on cowpox vaccinations was not published by The Royal Society?
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edward jenner
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