So you think you know the history of medicine. Take this quick
quiz on the history of women in medicine and find out.
Women in Medicine
TRIVIA QUIZ
Identify the following:
1. What powerful drug
was used by Greek priestesses to induce
the "temple sleep?"
2. This ancient Roman physician invented a technique for delivering breech
babies.
3. In 300 BC, this gynecologist was put on trial for cross-dressing and
practicing medicine.
4. What was the first medical school in Europe with women on the faculty?
5. In 100 AD, this obstetrician was so beautiful, she had to lecture from
behind a screen.
6. In the renaissance, this woman doctor inspired one of Boccaccio's tales
in the Decameron.
7. 
This feminist introduced "variolation" in Europe
to protect against small pox.
8. This french midwife invented a vaginal speculum in the 18th century.
9. Who was the first woman to receive a medical degree from a college?
10. Which religious sect founded the first women's medical college in Pennsylvannia
in 1850?
11. 
This dress reformer won the Medal of Honor as a spy and surgeon
in the U.S. Army.
12. This Scot lived and dressed as a man to pursue her career as a surgeon
and hospital administrator.
13. A crusader for the mentally ill, this lady founded dozens of mental
asylums in the U.S.
14. Who was the first woman dentist in the U.S.?
15. This doctor led the effort to stop lead poisoning and established the
field of "industrial medicine."
16. This physical therapist battled male doctors to promote her own cure
for polio.
17. 
Who opened the first birth control clinic in the world?
18. Despite her dyslexia, this woman became a 
heart specialist and
cured "blue babies."
19. This brain surgeon made 120 rescue flights by helicopter in Viet Nam.
20. 
This physician and chemical engineer flew in space on the
Endeavour.