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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Vesalius discovered that the human lower jaw bone was in how many pieces?	1	93%
Vesalius discovered that the human breast bone was in three parts, not...	Seven	66%
What organisation allowed for scientists to share ideas?	Royal Society	60%
What year was The Great Plague of London?	1665	52%
Which famous doctor treated the disease, not the symptoms?	Thomas Sydenham	39%
In what year was it invented?	1440	33%
What were doctors who wore large cloaks and long beaks called?	Plague doctors	28%
Who now regularly visited patients in hospitals?	Physician	26%
Vesalius discovered that the Vena Cava did not lead to the what?	Liver	24%
Most realised that there was no cure. Instead they tried to prevent it. How did they do this?	Quarantine for 28 days	23%
Because of this, Martin Luther's "95 thesis" was being spread rapidly. Whose power was subsequently diminishing?	The Catholic Church	22%
What was Harvey's discovery?	Circulatory system	17%
Who invented the printing press?	Johannes Gutenberg	17%
New hospitals opened up to treat specific diseases. What were they called?	Pest houses	16%
What were put on doors so signify that an infected family were being quarantined in a house?	Red Crosses	15%
What eventually killed off the plague?	The winter	12%
What new technology inspired Harvey's ideas?	Water pump	12%
This doctor also identified that measles and what were different?	Scarlet Fever	11%
What was the name of said organisations main text?	"Philosophical transactions"	10%
Substances such as salts, metals and minerals were being used as treatment. What was this called?	Iatrochemistry	7%
He also published "Observations Medicae." How long would this be the main medical textbook?	Two centuries	7%
In September 1665, mass ... scared all the rats away, for them to only come back 3 days later?	Fumigation	6%
In what year did they first record these observations?	1683	5%
What were apothecary's now organised into?	Guilds	5%
Children were given alcohol and what as a cure?	Opium	5%
What was a known cure to Malaria at the time?	Peruvian Bark	5%
What were the people who kept others away from infected houses called?	Watchmen	5%
Who first observed "animalcules"?	Antony Von Leeuwenhoek	4%
What was a popular remedy that claimed to stop you from catching the plague?	Plague water	4%
In 1665 who published "Micrographia" showing detailed images of a flea?	Robert Hooke	4%
The rich were given what as a treatment?	Unicorn horn	4%