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• Where did the Broad Street outbreak of cholera take place?
• New York
• Chicago
• London
• Paris
Correct. The Broad Street outbreak of cholera occurred in the SoHo area of London.
• According to the text, what did Edwin Chadwick focus much of his government
work on?
• living conditions of the poor
• building affordable housing
• creating jobs for the poor
• providing access to clean water
• The majority of the scientific community in this era was convinced that diseases
were spread through bad air, or “miasma.” Many, like Chadwick, believed that this
miasma could be smelled, and that this air was the cause of disease. Give an
example of an observation that would discredit this theory.
• Workers that worked in the sewers were not any more prone to miasmatic
diseases than those who did not work in the sewers.
• If John Snow’s waterborne theory were correct, what effect would you expect
the introduction of sewage into the Thames to have on the number of cholera
deaths in London?
• The number of deaths would stay the same because the source of the water would
remain constant.
• The number of deaths would increase because of increased levels of methane
in the water.
• The number of deaths would decrease because of relatively increased air quality.
• The number of deaths would increase because more people would
be drinking water that could contain cholera.
• What portion of the Thames would you expect to produce cholera deaths at the highest
rates?
• portions where there was no sewage in the vicinity
• the portion directly before where sewage was introduced
• All portions would be expected to be the same.
• the portion directly following where sewage was introduced
• What flaw in Florence Nightingale’s reasoning regarding the air test might explain
why miasma was often considered correct?
• Theories like contagion could be described using miasma theory. For
, instance, if someone were sick with a disease, they may be the source of the
miasma that infected other people.
• According to the text about prevailing scientific theories regarding air quality and
disease, what would scientist like Florence Nightingale most likely believe to be true?
• Air quality should have no effect on who gets ill or what diseases are
being spread.
• People who are more regularly exposed to unclean air, like the sewer hunters, are
more likely to develop an immunity to miasmas.
• There are tiny particles that humans can’t see that cause disease to be spread.
• People regularly exposed to air deemed “foul” should be more likely to
be sick than those who are exposed to air deemed clean.
• What did John Snow believe was causing illness among the working classes in place like
the Killingworth Colliery, and how did that idea differ from the accepted theory of the
time?
• John Snow suspected that the illness might be caused by the conditions in
which such people lived and worked; this differed from the prevailing belief
that workers in places like the Killingworth Colliery were innately more
susceptible to disease.
• What was the name for the most educated medical professionals of the time?
• Surgeons
• Physicians
• Apprentices
• Apothecaries
• According to Snow’s work on gas dosage to patients, which of the following
statements is TRUE?
• The temperature of the room matters, but the temperature of the gas itself does
not.
• At higher temperatures, less gas will be delivered to the patient.
• At higher temperatures, more gas will be delivered to the patient.
• Temperature makes no difference in how much gas is delivered to the patient.
• What fields of the natural sciences are present in this passage about Snow’s work
in anesthesiology?
• Physics and chemistry principles are involved in understanding how gases
behave at different temperatures. In addition, the effects of the gases on the
patients being treated are described by biological principles.
• Which of following statements best summarizes John Snow’s work in anesthesiology?
• Snow was unable to master anesthetic techniques but successfully
designed apparatuses to deliver gases to patients.
• Snow was only able to use his knowledge of anesthetics on women giving birth.
• Snow revolutionized anesthesiology by studying the effects of gas dosages
and engineering apparatuses to deliver anesthetics.
• Snow mastered dosages but was never able to deliver them precisely.
• Where did the Broad Street outbreak of cholera take place?
• New York
• Chicago
• London
• Paris
Correct. The Broad Street outbreak of cholera occurred in the SoHo area of London.
• According to the text, what did Edwin Chadwick focus much of his government
work on?
• living conditions of the poor
• building affordable housing
• creating jobs for the poor
• providing access to clean water
• The majority of the scientific community in this era was convinced that diseases
were spread through bad air, or “miasma.” Many, like Chadwick, believed that this
miasma could be smelled, and that this air was the cause of disease. Give an
example of an observation that would discredit this theory.
• Workers that worked in the sewers were not any more prone to miasmatic
diseases than those who did not work in the sewers.
• If John Snow’s waterborne theory were correct, what effect would you expect
the introduction of sewage into the Thames to have on the number of cholera
deaths in London?
• The number of deaths would stay the same because the source of the water would
remain constant.
• The number of deaths would increase because of increased levels of methane
in the water.
• The number of deaths would decrease because of relatively increased air quality.
• The number of deaths would increase because more people would
be drinking water that could contain cholera.
• What portion of the Thames would you expect to produce cholera deaths at the highest
rates?
• portions where there was no sewage in the vicinity
• the portion directly before where sewage was introduced
• All portions would be expected to be the same.
• the portion directly following where sewage was introduced
• What flaw in Florence Nightingale’s reasoning regarding the air test might explain
why miasma was often considered correct?
• Theories like contagion could be described using miasma theory. For
, instance, if someone were sick with a disease, they may be the source of the
miasma that infected other people.
• According to the text about prevailing scientific theories regarding air quality and
disease, what would scientist like Florence Nightingale most likely believe to be true?
• Air quality should have no effect on who gets ill or what diseases are
being spread.
• People who are more regularly exposed to unclean air, like the sewer hunters, are
more likely to develop an immunity to miasmas.
• There are tiny particles that humans can’t see that cause disease to be spread.
• People regularly exposed to air deemed “foul” should be more likely to
be sick than those who are exposed to air deemed clean.
• What did John Snow believe was causing illness among the working classes in place like
the Killingworth Colliery, and how did that idea differ from the accepted theory of the
time?
• John Snow suspected that the illness might be caused by the conditions in
which such people lived and worked; this differed from the prevailing belief
that workers in places like the Killingworth Colliery were innately more
susceptible to disease.
• What was the name for the most educated medical professionals of the time?
• Surgeons
• Physicians
• Apprentices
• Apothecaries
• According to Snow’s work on gas dosage to patients, which of the following
statements is TRUE?
• The temperature of the room matters, but the temperature of the gas itself does
not.
• At higher temperatures, less gas will be delivered to the patient.
• At higher temperatures, more gas will be delivered to the patient.
• Temperature makes no difference in how much gas is delivered to the patient.
• What fields of the natural sciences are present in this passage about Snow’s work
in anesthesiology?
• Physics and chemistry principles are involved in understanding how gases
behave at different temperatures. In addition, the effects of the gases on the
patients being treated are described by biological principles.
• Which of following statements best summarizes John Snow’s work in anesthesiology?
• Snow was unable to master anesthetic techniques but successfully
designed apparatuses to deliver gases to patients.
• Snow was only able to use his knowledge of anesthetics on women giving birth.
• Snow revolutionized anesthesiology by studying the effects of gas dosages
and engineering apparatuses to deliver anesthetics.
• Snow mastered dosages but was never able to deliver them precisely.
