Syringe — Questions and answers

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What kind of early tools did Dr. Richard Lower show Professor Wren?

Choices

  1. Small, hollow silver tubes.
  2. Animal bladders and horn funnels. ✓
  3. Glass-barreled syringes.
  4. Screw-driven plungers.

Answer: Animal bladders and horn funnels.

From page 2

What was Anel's syringe mainly used for when it was first made?

Choices

  1. Injecting medicine directly into the bloodstream.
  2. Watering plants in the garden.
  3. Cleaning tears ducts and wounds. ✓
  4. Making a precise vacuum for experiments.

Answer: Cleaning tears ducts and wounds.

From page 3

What problem did Dr. Alexander Wood and his colleague want to solve in 1853?

Choices

  1. They wanted to find new types of flowers.
  2. They needed a better way to give pain medicine like morphine directly and quickly. ✓
  3. They wanted to make oral medicines taste better.
  4. They were trying to find out how to make pain worse.

Answer: They needed a better way to give pain medicine like morphine directly and quickly.

From page 4

What was special about Charles Gabriel Pravaz's syringe design?

Choices

  1. It was made completely of glass.
  2. It had a screw-driven plunger for very controlled delivery. ✓
  3. It was designed for quick and sudden injections.
  4. It could only deliver very large amounts of fluid.

Answer: It had a screw-driven plunger for very controlled delivery.

From page 5

What was a new and important part of Alexander Wood's syringe design?

Choices

  1. It was made of opaque metal.
  2. It had a dull, solid needle.
  3. It had an all-glass barrel and a truly hollow needle. ✓
  4. It could only be used for external cleaning.

Answer: It had an all-glass barrel and a truly hollow needle.

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