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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did all of the men abuse, which caused them to season their meals more than others at the table?

2. What happened to three people in Manhattan in 1926, according to the description in this chapter?

3. What is NOT one of the diagnoses that the woman who entered the Dallas hospital was given?

4. What was found on the lungs of all of the children who complained of feeling sick?

5. Rabid _______ are a strong concern as there is no method of immunization for them.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the three-year-old Richard Poole die after taking aspirin?

2. When Donald Hoffman went to his doctor, what was the doctor's diagnosis when he saw the itchy sore?

3. What was the eventual diagnosis for the condition from which the woman suffered, even though it was never clear whether or not the diagnosis was correct?

4. What was the strange sensation the 'essentially normal' woman began to experience, leading to discomfort?

5. What was the final cause for the trichinosis determined to be? What was the source of the infection?

6. What are some of the painful side effects of aspirin in some people who take it?

7. What did doctors discover about American bats in the course of their trying to treat the woman who seemed to have rabies?

8. What was the event that Herman had attended which led the doctor to the appropriate diagnosis?

9. What were the symptoms that Herman Sauer was experiencing that led him to go to a New York hospital?

10. What did a German scientist discover about aspirin in 1874, according to the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The boy who became sick from his jeans seems to be the victim of a dangerous mistake.

Part 1: Who is to blame for the poisoning that the boy encounters because of his jeans? Why?

Part 2: Will you begin to wash all of your clothing before wearing it after reading that medical case?

Part 3: Do you think that clothing is being sold today that has poisonous chemicals on it?

Essay Topic 2

When the men in the first case are stricken with a strange illness and turn blue, the fact they are poor might not have lead others to investigate too thoroughly.

Part 1: Do you think some people get better medical care than others?

Part 2: How would you react if you found out that a person got better medical care because they were rich?

Part 3: Why do you think certain people get better medical care than others?

Essay Topic 3

Strange diseases, like the case of the orange man, are interesting to doctors, but the patients might have other reactions.

Part 1: How do you think you would respond if you suddenly turned another color?

Part 2: Why do you think the patient didn't make the connection to the foods he was eating?

Part 3: What would it take for you to go into a doctor to find out what disease you had?

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