John Hunter

12 questions

1. Social ___ refers to the practice of keeping away from other people as much as possible, in order to stop a disease from spreading.
2. An ___ is when a large number of people get the same disease over the same period of time.
3. How did the death tolls of the Black Death and Great Plague compare?
4. How long were infected households quarantined for during the Great Plague?
5. Identify the examples of social distancing from the Great Plague.
6. Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
7. What word is used to describe something caused or spread by sexual activity with another person?
8. John Hunter worked as an ___ surgeon which helped him correct ideas about gunshot wounds.
9. Some of John Hunter's work was published in the journal "Philosophical Transactions". Which organisation published this journal?
10. ___ was encouraged to follow the scientific method by John Hunter, which helped him discover a new method for preventing smallpox infections.
11. Which two diseases did John Hunter believe were the same?
12. How did John Hunter's work negatively affect medical progress?

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