The Medical Detectives Test | Final Test - Hard

Berton Roueché
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Medical Detectives Test | Final Test - Hard

Berton Roueché
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ended up being the specific term for the infection that was killing the babies?

2. What happened when Sara continued the treatments for her rash?

3. Doctors believe the initial exposure to copper for Sara might have been in __________ she wore.

4. What organ becomes inflamed when a person is infected with hepatitis, according to the book?

5. What was aired out before Betty's husband came, which is why he didn't have the same symptoms as she did?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Sandy that began to cause the officials at the school to suspect something was wrong at the building?

2. What were the initial symptoms that Betty Page experienced, leading her to seek out medical treatment?

3. What was the problem with the season being winter when it came to finding out the diagnosis for the sick children?

4. What were the treatments that were begun on the contact dermatitis, though these treatments were not successful?

5. Why was the meat the cause of the thyroid issues in Richard and in others?

6. What did Natalie find out when she woke up in a hospital and didn't know who she was?

7. What was the strange phenomenon that the pizza restaurant owner began to experience?

8. What was the initial named cause for the random cases of pneumonia that turned up for guests at a house party at Martha's Vineyard?

9. Why wasn't Betty's husband experiencing any of the symptoms that she was?

10. What does the chapter say seems to be a primary cause of sensitization of patients to metals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At times, the source of an illness might be a mystery, and one possible source can be ruled out, as in the case of the Liberace Room.

Part 1: Why do you think there could be different sources for an illness?

Part 2: How do you think the medical detectives could have found the true cause of the classroom illnesses sooner?

Part 3: Do you think that any disease has only one cause for its symptoms? Or are all diseases the result of many factors?

Essay Topic 2

Natalie Parker had a bad experience with her dentist, leading to a depression, which led her into a mental health hospital and electroshock treatments.

Part 1: How do you think a doctor might treat depression today?

Part 2: Do you think that electroshock therapy is the best way to help a patient who is suffering from depression?

Part 3: What do you think you would have done if you learned you had had electroshock therapy?

Essay Topic 3

The cause of the blueness in the men was determined to be an accidental poisoning in the food.

Part 1: Do you think poisoning happens a lot in the foods you eat?

Part 2: How do you think the poisoning could have been avoided?

Part 3: Why do you think the restaurant didn't realize that it had made a mistake?

(see the answer keys)

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