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Practice Questions for War and Medicine

Why did Ambroise Paré begin experimenting with new wound treatments on the 16th-century battlefield?

A. He was ordered to stop using boiling oil by his commanding officer
B. He ran out of boiling oil and was forced to try an alternative dressing
C. He had read a Roman text recommending ligatures over cauterisation
D. He believed Galen's methods caused more deaths than the wounds themselves

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What name was given to Marie Curie's mobile X-ray units used during the First World War?

A. Flying ambulances
B. Radium wagons
C. Petites Curies
D. Field radiograph stations

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Who pioneered plastic surgery in WW1?

Harold Gillies — reconstructive surgery for facial injuries

What did Marie Curie develop in WW1?

Mobile X-ray units ("petites Curies") to find bullets in wounded soldiers

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