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DMAN FINAL EXAM; 328 QUESTIONSAND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Some scientists believe that the settlement of Mankind and the introduction of
agriculture were the factors that prevented many of the infectious diseases that
plagued Man - ANSWER false
Lazzaro Spallanzani was the first to advocate the Planet's Alignment as the
cause of disease. - ANSWER False
Who was the first to challenge the theory of spontaneous generation (living
organism - ANSWER Redi
The theory of spontaneous generation (living organisms evolve from nonliving
organisms) was finally defeated by the experiment of: - ANSWER Pasteur
The theory is that the body contains four senses of humour or fluids: blood,
phlegm, black pile and yellow pile, and if these touches of humour lost their
natural balance, illness would result. This propagated by the ancient physicians
of: - ANSWER Greece
The theory of spontaneous generation (living organisms evolve from non-living
organisms) was DEFENDED by an experiment performed by: - ANSWER
Needham
The "Miasma" theory states that disease is cause by poison vapor rising from
swamps or rotting matter. - ANSWER True
Rhazes and Avicenna were Greek scholars wrote medical books used till th 18th
century in teaching medicine. - ANSWER False
The theory that the body contained the yin and yang which are seemingly
opposite or country forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and
interdependent which any imbalance may give rise to disease. This was
propagated by the ancient physicians of: - ANSWER China
,The Ayurveda, meaning knowledge of like and longevity is a system of
medicine with historical roots in which of the following cultures? - ANSWER
India
What is the scientific term for the microbe that causes the plague? - ANSWER
Yersinia pestis
- Yersinia pestis is the bacterium that results in all forms of Plague: bubonic,
enteric, pneumonic, septicemic. The people of the Middle Ages never
understood this, however since the microscope had not yet been invented. It
wasn't until the 19th century that Yersinia pestis was identified.
The Black Death was fodder for some great literature. Which one of the
following great literary work described the plague-infested cities? - ANSWER
The Decameron
- Collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio;
the book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tased told by a group of
seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just
outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city.
During the plague, the flagellants wandered between cities whipping themselves
to atone for their sins hoping to revert the plague. - ANSWER True
According to the movie The Plague, the first reports of the plague cases
occurred during the siege of which city? - ANSWER Caffa (Kaffa)
One of economic and social consequences of the plague if the decline of the
feudal system of serfs and landlords, and the rise of the practice of monetary
payment for manual services. - ANSWER True
- The death of about 30% of the population of Europe led to shortage of the
serfs (an agriculture laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's
estate) led the latter to demand monetary awards for their service.
,The lesson(s) learned from the latest break of plague in Surat (India) regarding
prevention of wide spread of plague is (are): - ANSWER Control the fleas,
then the rats while treating the victims of the plague.
According to movie The Plague, where was the first recorded instance of the
Black Death in Europe? - ANSWER Messina
- In October, 1347, several trading ships bearing plague victims arrived at
Messina, Sicily. As soon as the Sicilians realized what deadly diesel the ships
carried they expelled them from the port, and they sailed on to infect other parts
of Europe. But the expulsion was too late for Messina. The city, then the entire
island of Sicily, was swiftly infected by the dreaded plague.
According to the movie The Plague, Pope Clement VI survived the worst of the
Black Death by spending much of his time, on the advice of his doctors,
between two roaring fires -- even in the dead of summer. The tactic succeeded
in keeping plague-bearing fleas away, though unfortunately a third of Clement's
staff were not so lucky. - ANSWER true
One of the social and economic impacts of the plague (Black Death) is the
authority of the Protestant Church was questioned. - ANSWER False
The plague is called "bubonic" because of what symptom? - ANSWER
Dark/black swollen lymph nodes
The 'Columbian Theory' regarding of Syphilis, refers to Introduction of
Treponema palladium to Europe during the 15th Century by Columbus sailors -
ANSWER true
The skin rashes accompanied with syphilis usually show on which stage of
syphilis? - ANSWER Secondary stage
The immune system of a patient sick with bacteria (which live outside the host
cells) will rely mainly on humoral (antibodies) immune system. - ANSWER
True
, Which of the following terms best describe "an infectious disease that is
transmissible under normal conditions from animals to humans." - ANSWER
Zoonotic
The transmission of diseases such as polio, influenza, and typhoid is considered
horizontal transmission. - ANSWER True
The main defense pathway against intracellular organisms (organisms that live
in host's own cells) as viruses are dealt by through the cell mediated immunity -
ANSWER True
In the study of the history of medicine, researchers often relied on examining
the skeletons found in mass graves (denoting possibility of an epidemic) for tell-
tale signs of certain specific diseases. e.g., Sabre Shin is usually associated with
syphilis - ANSWER True
The name "syphilis" was coined by the Italian physician and poet Girolamo
Fracastoro in his epic poem, written in Latin, entitled Syphilis sive morbus
gallicus. because of the outbreak of the disease in the French army, it was first
called morbus gallicus, or the French disease. - ANSWER True
The 'Pre-Columbian Theory', regarding the origin of Syphilis, refers to the
probability of the presence of syphilis in Europe before Columbus' voyage. -
ANSWER False
Which of the following terms describe "The constant presence of a disease of
infectious agent within a given geographic area or population group; may also
refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease within such area or group." -
ANSWER Endemic disease
Examining both, frozen mummies of the Incas and Ancient Egyptian, leave no
doubt that smallpox has a precolumbian origin in the Americas. - ANSWER
False
- While definitely some of the Egyptian mummies showed infection with small
pox, small pox was introduce to the New World (America) by the Spanish
conquistadors.
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