1. Who was the gynecologist from Ohio who subjected hundreds of women when they had been anesthetized for other procedures to bizarre disfiguring procedures that he called the Surgery of Love?
(a) David Zaner.
(b) Branson Smith.
(c) Charles Neeley.
(d) James Burt.

2. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?
(a) 18 months after finishing medical school.
(b) About a year after finishing medical school.
(c) Right from medical school.
(d) About 2 years after finishing medical school.

3. What percent of patients with heart attacks who are seen in emergency rooms are mistakenly discharged?
(a) Between 1 and 5 percent.
(b) About 25 percent.
(c) About 10 percent.
(d) Between 2 and 8 percent.

4. How much do hernia operations cost at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) About one-fourth of what they cost elsewhere.
(b) About twice what they cost elsewhere.
(c) About one-third of what they cost elsewhere.
(d) Half what they cost elsewhere.

5. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a manuscript written that described putting delinquent juveniles inside a box outside town hall that would be spun at high speed until the youth vomited?

2. Who was the San Diego surgeon working without a license who bungled some sex-change operations and amputated the leg of a healthy man?

3. How long do hernia operations take at Shouldice Hospital?

4. Who examined a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against the computer?

5. When does the American College of Surgeons convention take place?

(see the answer key)

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