British Famous Medical Innovators MCQs with Answers
Who is known for the discovery of penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Joseph Lister
c) Edward Jenner
d) Florence Nightingale
Answer: a) Alexander Fleming
Who developed the smallpox vaccine?
a) Edward Jenner
b) Marie Curie
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Robert Koch
Answer: a) Edward Jenner
Who is famous for introducing antiseptic surgery techniques?
a) Joseph Lister
b) Alexander Fleming
c) Edward Jenner
d) Florence Nightingale
Answer: a) Joseph Lister
Who was a pioneer in the field of epidemiology and is known for his work on cholera?
a) John Snow
b) Florence Nightingale
c) Edward Jenner
d) Robert Koch
Answer: a) John Snow
Who discovered the structure of DNA along with James Watson?
a) Francis Crick
b) Rosalind Franklin
c) Maurice Wilkins
d) Linus Pauling
Answer: a) Francis Crick
Who is known for the discovery of insulin and its therapeutic use in diabetes?
a) Frederick Banting
b) Marie Curie
c) Jonas Salk
d) James Watson
Answer: a) Frederick Banting
Who developed the first successful vaccine for polio?
a) Albert Sabin
b) Jonas Salk
c) Edward Jenner
d) Louis Pasteur
Answer: a) Albert Sabin
Who is known for the discovery of the circulatory system of blood flow?
a) William Harvey
b) Edward Jenner
c) Marie Curie
d) Florence Nightingale
Answer: a) William Harvey
Who pioneered the use of anesthesia in surgery?
a) James Young Simpson
b) Joseph Lister
c) Edward Jenner
d) Marie Curie
Answer: a) James Young Simpson
Who is known for developing the first effective treatment for leprosy?
a) Paul Brand
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Paul Brand
Who is known for the discovery of the ABO blood group system?
a) Karl Landsteiner
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Robert Koch
Answer: a) Karl Landsteiner
Who invented the stethoscope?
a) René Laennec
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
Answer: a) René Laennec
Who is known for the development of the first effective treatment for syphilis?
a) Paul Ehrlich
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Joseph Lister
Answer: a) Paul Ehrlich
Who discovered the use of ether as a surgical anesthetic?
a) William Morton
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
Answer: a) William Morton
Who developed the first effective treatment for tuberculosis?
a) Selman Waksman
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Joseph Lister
Answer: a) Selman Waksman
Who is known for the discovery of the structure of the ribosome?
a) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Who developed the first successful heart transplant?
a) Christiaan Barnard
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Christiaan Barnard
Who is known for the discovery of the treatment for pellagra?
a) Joseph Goldberger
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Joseph Goldberger
Who is known for the development of the Glasgow Coma Scale used to assess a person’s consciousness?
a) Graham Teasdale
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Graham Teasdale
Who is known for the development of the concept of cardiac catheterization?
a) Werner Forssmann
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Werner Forssmann
Who developed the first successful treatment for rheumatic fever?
a) Benjamin P. Sacks
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Benjamin P. Sacks
Who is known for the development of the first successful treatment for Addison’s disease?
a) Thomas Addison
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Thomas Addison
Who developed the first successful treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma?
a) Thomas Hodgkin
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Thomas Hodgkin
Who is known for the discovery of adrenaline (epinephrine)?
a) John Jacob Abel
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) John Jacob Abel
Who is known for the development of the first successful treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma?
a) Thomas Hodgkin
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Thomas Hodgkin
Who developed the first successful treatment for Parkinson’s disease?
a) Arvid Carlsson
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Arvid Carlsson
Who is known for the discovery of the treatment for tetanus?
a) Emil von Behring
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Emil von Behring
Who developed the first successful treatment for myasthenia gravis?
a) Mary Walker
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Mary Walker
Who is known for the development of the first successful treatment for cataracts?
a) Harold Ridley
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Harold Ridley
Who developed the first successful treatment for Crohn’s disease?
a) Burrill Crohn
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Burrill Crohn
Who is known for the discovery of insulin, along with Charles Best and Frederick Banting?
a) Frederick Banting
b) Charles Best
c) Edward Jenner
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Frederick Banting
Who developed the first successful treatment for malaria?
a) Ronald Ross
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Ronald Ross
Who is known for the development of the first successful treatment for narcolepsy?
a) Richard Julius
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Richard Julius
Who developed the first successful treatment for scurvy?
a) James Lind
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) James Lind
Who is known for the discovery of the treatment for diphtheria?
a) Emil von Behring
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Emil von Behring
Who developed the first successful treatment for typhoid fever?
a) Almroth Wright
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Almroth Wright
Who is known for the discovery of the treatment for yellow fever?
a) Walter Reed
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Walter Reed
Who developed the first successful treatment for multiple sclerosis?
a) Augustus Desiré Waller
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Augustus Desiré Waller
Who is known for the development of the first successful treatment for sickle cell anemia?
a) Linus Pauling
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Linus Pauling
Who developed the first successful treatment for cystic fibrosis?
a) Paul di Sant’Agnese
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Paul di Sant’Agnese
Who is known for the discovery of the treatment for Whooping Cough (Pertussis)?
a) Pearl Kendrick
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Pearl Kendrick
Who developed the first successful treatment for ulcerative colitis?
a) Sydney Truelove
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Sydney Truelove
Who is known for the development of the first successful treatment for lupus?
a) Sir Thomas Latham
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Sir Thomas Latham
Who developed the first successful treatment for rheumatoid arthritis?
a) Sir Alfred Baring Garrod
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Sir Alfred Baring Garrod
Who is known for the discovery of the treatment for narcolepsy?
a) Sir Henry Dale
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Sir Henry Dale
Who developed the first successful treatment for clubfoot?
a) Ignacio V. Ponseti
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Ignacio V. Ponseti
Who is known for the development of the first successful treatment for hemophilia?
a) Judith Graham Pool
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Judith Graham Pool
Who developed the first successful treatment for sickle cell anemia?
a) Linus Pauling
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Linus Pauling
Who is known for the discovery of the treatment for yellow fever?
a) Walter Reed
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Walter Reed
Who developed the first successful treatment for multiple sclerosis?
a) Augustus Desiré Waller
b) Edward Jenner
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Howard Florey
Answer: a) Augustus Desiré Waller