General Knowledge Questions
OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mrs. Marjorie Binnie, Findoglen, Naboomspruit, N. Transvaal, South Africa, for the following :— Questions on Medical Science
1. Who is acclaimed as " The Father of Medicine " ?
2. Which is the largest hospital in England ? 3. Where may be seen the skeleton of a giant, and whose is it ? 4. Who discovered the treatment of diabetes by insulin and where were they working ? 5. Who discovered the fact of circulation of the blood ?
6. Who was the pioneer of antiseptic surgery and methods ?
7. Who are the beet known modern exponents of gland grafting and rejuvenating surgery ? 8. Who is the Prince of Beggars and for what does he beg ? And for how long has he begged ? 9. Which are the chief ductless glands ?
10. Who discovered the Firisen Light for lupus ? Who caused it to be instituted in a London hospital ? 11. Who is one of the most famous nurses in English history and where is there a statue of her in a London street ?
12. Name a surgeon who during the War made himself famous by making " new faces out of old " and where did he chiefly work ?
13. When was the first hospital for " shell-shock " and similar cases opened during the War, and where ?
Answers will be found on page 752.
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