Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: Early medicine and surgery

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. Around 1,300 BC, Egyptians used this as an antiseptic during their surgeries. Name it.

Honey

 The Ancient Egyptians had some knowledge of anatomy from mummification.

Amber

 The Ancient Egyptians had some knowledge of anatomy from mummification.

Salt

 The Ancient Egyptians had some knowledge of anatomy from mummification.

Wine

 The Ancient Egyptians had some knowledge of anatomy from mummification.

. Hippocrates is called the Father of Medicine. Who is called the Father of Anatomy?

Herophilus

With his younger contemporary, Erasistratus, Herophilus did the first ever scientific human cadaveric dissections.

Hippocrates also holds the title

With his younger contemporary, Erasistratus, Herophilus did the first ever scientific human cadaveric dissections.

Praxagoras

With his younger contemporary, Erasistratus, Herophilus did the first ever scientific human cadaveric dissections.

Erasistratus

With his younger contemporary, Erasistratus, Herophilus did the first ever scientific human cadaveric dissections.

. On the Fabric of the Human Body is one of the most influential works in the history of Western medicine. Who wrote it?

Andreas Vesalius

On the Fabric of the Human Body was conceived and written by 28-year-old Andreas Vesalius (circa 1514-1564), a professor at the University of Padua.

Leonardo Da Vinci

On the Fabric of the Human Body was conceived and written by 28-year-old Andreas Vesalius (circa 1514-1564), a professor at the University of Padua.

Galen

On the Fabric of the Human Body was conceived and written by 28-year-old Andreas Vesalius (circa 1514-1564), a professor at the University of Padua.

Group of barber-surgeons in 13th century Europe

On the Fabric of the Human Body was conceived and written by 28-year-old Andreas Vesalius (circa 1514-1564), a professor at the University of Padua.

. Who is known as the Father of Modern Surgery?

John Hunter

John Hunter never completed a course of studies in any university, and, as was common for surgeons during the 18th century, he never attempted to become a doctor of medicine.

Ambroise Pare

John Hunter never completed a course of studies in any university, and, as was common for surgeons during the 18th century, he never attempted to become a doctor of medicine.

Andreas Vesalius

John Hunter never completed a course of studies in any university, and, as was common for surgeons during the 18th century, he never attempted to become a doctor of medicine.

Dominique-Jean Larrey

John Hunter never completed a course of studies in any university, and, as was common for surgeons during the 18th century, he never attempted to become a doctor of medicine.

. When did the first recorded operation to remove an appendix take place?

1735

The first successful appendectomy was performed in 1735 by Claudius Amyand.

1728

The first successful appendectomy was performed in 1735 by Claudius Amyand.

1792

The first successful appendectomy was performed in 1735 by Claudius Amyand.

1842

The first successful appendectomy was performed in 1735 by Claudius Amyand.