ANSWERS MEDICAL QUIZ 02

1 b.    Hippocrates is known as the Father of Medicine. He introduced a rational system of medicine as a science distinct from religion, philosophy or magic. He observed that diseases have specific symptoms which can be used for diagnosis.
 

2 d.There are about 5 million red cells in one cubic millilitre of normal blood. A red blood cell lives for about 4 months; and circulates around the body about 170,000 times.

3 c.The adult human brains weighs approximately 2.5 lbs

4 b.Deadly Nightshade - Scientific name: Atropa belladonna. Deadly Nightshade is a somewhat bushy plant belonging to the famly Solanaceae. Atropine is one of several poisonous alkaloids that have been extracted from Atropa. The berries and sap are the main sources of these poisons. Other members of the family Solanaceae have edible parts such as the potato.

  5 b. Typhoid. Mary Mallon was a carrier of the typhoid bacillus and passed the disease to at least 53 people who contracted the disease. The term Typhoid Mary became generally used as a symbol for a