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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Case of the Red Leg.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first indication Joseph Lazaroff had that something might be physically wrong with him?
(a) A backache.
(b) A wound that would not heal.
(c) A large lump under his arm.
(d) Terrible headaches.

2. Who originated the explanation of pain that has dominated much of medical history?
(a) Rene Descartes.
(b) Henry K. Beecher.
(c) Gottfried Leibnitz.
(d) Baruch Spinoza.

3. How many months after Joseph Lazaroff began having problems was a scan ordered?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 4 months.

4. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?
(a) 8 p.m.
(b) 10:30 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) Midnight.

5. How do patients leave the operating room at Shouldice after having surgery?
(a) They leave in a wheelchair.
(b) They walk out of the room.
(c) They are taken on a gurney.
(d) They use a walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what convention center was the surgeon's conference held?

2. How long did it take Lazaroff to die after being removed from the ventilator?

3. What did Tommy Lasorda always eat before a game when he managed the Los Angeles Dodgers?

4. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?

5. How old was Lazaroff?

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