Chapter 1 Multiple Choice Questions

. What is the modern term for the medical procedure once called trephining?

. What were the four humours first proposed by Hippocrates around 4 BCE?

. What year was the Anatomy Act passed in the UK in an attempt to curtail grave-robbing and murder in the pursuit of bodies for dissection?

. Which doctor famously made a connection between maternal mortality rates and the hand hygiene habits of doctors and midwives?

. Which acid was sprayed in operating theatres and used to disinfect wounds in the first antiseptic surgeries?

. What is the name of the reconstructive surgery approach pioneered by Harold Gillies during the First World War?

. In what year did computed tomography (CT) scanners become commercially viable?

. What name was originally given to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?

. What were the first organs to be removed by surgical robots?

. Which operation was performed successfully for the first time in 2008?

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