This man devised percussion – tapping the chest or another body part and listening to the sounds – in Vienna in 1781. Who was he ?
A. John Floyer
B. Rene Laennec
C. Leopold Auenbrugger
D. Sanctorius
Medical MCQs
Which famous surgeon’s collection of over 13,000 anatomical specimens, human and animal, is found at the Hunterian Museum of London’s Royal College of Surgeons?
A. John Hunter
B. William Hunter
C. Richard Hunter
D. James Hunter
Which doctor devised the first obstetrical forceps in the late 16th century?
A. William Smellie
B. William Chamberlen
C. William Cheselden
D. William Hunter
Which doctor established the basis of modern clinical medicine?
A. Thomas Sydenham
B. William Harvey
C. John Hunter
D. Hermann Boerhaave
Who was the first great medical microscopist?
A. Antoni Van Leeuenhoek
B. Marcello Mapighi
C. William Harvey
D. James Blundell
One of the earliest colleges to train and license physicians was London’s Royal College of physicians. It was established in?
A. 1515
B. 1516
C. 1517
D. 1518
Who among these was a pioneer in the use of minerals like sulphur, iron, lead and mercury, as drugs?
A. Galen
B. Colombo
C. Cesalpnio
D. Paracelsus
Who was the author of the first great work on anatomy, De Humani Corporis Fabrica (Fabric of the Human Body)?
A. Leonardo Da Vinci
B. Andreas Vesalius
C. Realdo Colombo
D. Andrea Cesalpino
Which two famous healing saints and twin brothers were beheaded in 278 AD by emperor Diocletian for refusing to give up Christianity?
A. Damian & Juhus
B. Julius & Roman
C. Cosmos & Damian
D. Romus & Remulus
This English king was believed to have healing powers and thousands queued up to be touched by him between 1661 and 1665. Who was he?
A. Charles II
B. James I
C. Henry IV
D. Richard II