Hypodermic Needle — Questions and answers
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What problem were Dr. Wood and Dr. Pravaz trying to solve?
Choices
- How to make medicine taste better.
- How to deliver medicine directly to where it's needed, skipping the stomach. ✓
- How to grow plants in a clinic.
- How to adjust spectacles better.
Answer: How to deliver medicine directly to where it's needed, skipping the stomach.
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What did Dr. Wood believe was still needed, even after seeing Dr. Pravaz's device?
Choices
- A way to make the device out of wood.
- A stronger metal for the cylinder.
- A universally adaptable, minimally invasive needle. ✓
- A different color for the plunger.
Answer: A universally adaptable, minimally invasive needle.
From page 3
What did Dr. Wood's new device help patients with intractable pain?
Choices
- It helped them fall asleep faster.
- It made their food taste better.
- It allowed morphine to be given directly for rapid relief. ✓
- It helped them read medical charts.
Answer: It allowed morphine to be given directly for rapid relief.
From page 4
What are three important parts of the needle's design that Dr. Wood explains?
Choices
- The handle, the light, and the button.
- The bevel, the lumen, and the hub. ✓
- The tip, the middle, and the end.
- The spring, the lever, and the seal.
Answer: The bevel, the lumen, and the hub.
From page 5
What new challenge did the powerful hypodermic needle create, according to Nurse Clara?
Choices
- Making them look pretty.
- Ensuring they were absolutely sterile to prevent infection. ✓
- Making them out of gold.
- Getting enough needles for everyone.
Answer: Ensuring they were absolutely sterile to prevent infection.
From page 7
Which of these is NOT something the hypodermic needle helped with?
Choices
- Managing diabetes with insulin.
- Giving people vaccinations.
- Helping people fly in airplanes. ✓
- Giving local anesthesia for pain.
Answer: Helping people fly in airplanes.
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