Famous Doctors Quiz: Can You Match Them to Their Discoveries?

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Famous Doctors Quiz: Can You Match Them to Their Discoveries?

Medicine is filled with brilliant intellect that determined the way we experience health today. From the discovery of bacteria causing infections, through the accomplishment of life-saving surgery, and the invention of vaccines the doctors changed the course of history. You don't have to be a pre-med major to recognize some of them; their accomplishments still influence our lives day by day. Try and see how many you can spot! 

Who is credited with developing the polio vaccine?

  • Jonas Salk

  • Albert Sabin

  • Louis Pasteur

  • Ronald Ross

Which doctor discovered penicillin, the first true antibiotic?

  • Alexander Fleming

  • Robert Koch

  • Joseph Lister

  • Paul Ehrlich

Which doctor is remembered for discovering that mosquitoes spread malaria?

  • Jonas Salk

  • Louis Pasteur

  • Ronald Ross

  • Robert Koch

Which doctor created the first rabies vaccine?

  • Louis Pasteur

  • Edward Jenner

  • Jonas Salk

  • Paul Ehrlich

Who is known for discovering the smallpox vaccine, the first vaccine ever?

  • Alexander Fleming

  • Edward Jenner

  • Jonas Salk

  • Louis Pasteur

Who developed the “magic bullet” treatment for syphilis, one of the first targeted drugs?

  • Edward Jenner

  • Paul Ehrlich

  • Alexander Fleming

  • Robert Koch

Which scientist’s name is associated with discovering insulin (used for diabetes)?

  • Frederick Banting

  • Jonas Salk

  • Alexander Fleming

  • Joseph Lister

Who introduced antiseptic practices in surgery, making operations much safer?

  • Alexander Fleming

  • Joseph Lister

  • Paul Ehrlich

  • Louis Pasteur

Which scientist is famous for proving that germs cause disease (the germ theory)?

  • Robert Koch

  • Edward Jenner

  • Louis Pasteur

  • Joseph Lister

Who discovered that tuberculosis is caused by a specific bacterium?

  • Robert Koch

  • Alexander Fleming

  • Joseph Lister

  • Edward Jenner

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