2. Who originated the explanation of pain that has dominated much of medical history?
(a) Gottfried Leibnitz.
(b) Henry K. Beecher.
(c) Baruch Spinoza.
(d) Rene Descartes.

3. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?
(a) About 2 years after finishing medical school.
(b) Right from medical school.
(c) 18 months after finishing medical school.
(d) About a year after finishing medical school.

4. What did Quinlan hurt when he fell off a plank at a construction site?
(a) Broke his femur.
(b) Fractured his hip.
(c) Dislocated and fractured his shoulder.
(d) Crushed his ankle.

5. What percent of patients with heart attacks who are seen in emergency rooms are mistakenly discharged?
(a) Between 1 and 5 percent.
(b) About 10 percent.
(c) Between 2 and 8 percent.
(d) About 25 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a manuscript written that described putting delinquent juveniles inside a box outside town hall that would be spun at high speed until the youth vomited?

2. What was Quinlan's occupation?

3. How much money did Goodman make in a year when he was doing well?

4. When were Fitzpatrick's twins born?

5. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

(see the answer key)

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