1. What condition is caused by the deposition of salts of uric acid?
2. Which disease is detected by using the Schilling test?
3. Which of these is not a form of colour blindness?
4. What is a more formal term for the disease called pinkeye?
5. What fat-soluble substance present in green leafy vegetables was given its name because it is required for coagulation of the blood to take place?
6. What is eczema?
7. Chiropody is a name for a medical specialty whose history can be traced to 1500 BCE in Egypt. Which part of the human body does chiropody deal with?
8. When we suffer from belching, flatulence, aversion to eating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, and heartburn, we call it indigestion. Which word would have been used in 18th-century Britain to describe the same symptoms?
9. In the 18th century, Englishman Stephen Hales inserted a tube into a blood vessel and allowed the blood to rise up the tube, thus measuring what aspect of circulation?
10. Which fever is also called “three-day fever”?
11. If you become infested with worms, what kind of drug will you need?
12. What is the full name of the medical scanning technique called PET?
13. Which brain disorder results in a progressive and irreversible decline in memory and various other cognitive functions?
14. Which of these diseases is called tabardillo in Mexico, where it killed the scientist who discovered how it was transmitted?
15. What does a dyslexic have trouble doing?
16. Which of these vitamins is water-soluble as opposed to fat-soluble?
17. Which disease is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B12?
18. Astigmatism affects which part of the human body?
19. What is another name for breakbone fever?