QUIZ - FEB 04 'Crazy Kiya Re'

Originally posted by: mermaid_QT

Q1: In 300 BC, this gynecologist was put on trial for cross-dressing and practicing medicine. Who was she?

Ans: Women were not allowed to attend medical school, so Agnodice got around this by impersonating a male student. She continued this practice afterwards until one of her patients did not want a "man" to examine her. So Agnodice dis-robed and revealed her real gender. She was put on trial for practicing medicine while female! The townspeople mobbed the trial and pleaded for her life. She was pardoned.

Q2: Who was the first woman to receive a medical degree from a college?

Ans: Dorothea Erxleben (born in 1715) received a medical degree in 1754 from the German University of Halle.???

Q3:Who opened the first birth control clinic in the world?

Ans: On June 11, 1930, the Mysore government issued orders to open the first gov-ernment birth control clinic in the world. In 1932,

Q4: Despite her dyslexia, this woman became a heart specialist and cured "blue babies."

Ans: Helen Brooke Taussig (1898-1986) pioneered pediatric surgery when she teamed up with Alfred Blalock to surgically coreect a heart defect which caused the "blue baby" syndrome. Blue babies hearts did not pump blood into their lungs so most of them died quite soon after birth. Taussig studied these babies statistics as she cared for them, and she discovered why some survived longer than others. This led her to the idea of surgically creating a shunt or pathway for blood to flow into the lungs. The first operation was performed in 1944. In 1964, she was awarded the Medal of Freedom.

Q5: What was the first medical school in Europe with women on the faculty?

Ans: The Salerno School in 12th century A.D. was the first medical school in Europe not run by a religious organization. It was located south of Naples in Italy. The town had been a major port during the Crusades, and Moslems had controlled the city on and off during those years. In Islamic society, only women physicians could examine women patients. This may explain why women doctors were included on the integrated staff of the Salerno School. It included jews, arabs, women, and christians. Trota or Trotula was the most famous of the women teachers at Salerno

Q6: Identify this woman and describe her contribution.

WIP.