2. Who was the president of the Johns Hopkins University when it was established?
(a) William Budd.
(b) Elias Canetti.
(c) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(d) Samuel Tilden.

3. What was sauerkraut renamed in the U.S. during WWI?
(a) Liberty leaves.
(b) Cabbage salad.
(c) Mixed greens.
(d) Liberty cabbage.

4. From what did Louis Thuillier die?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Brain cancer.

5. Approximately when was Hippocrates born?
(a) 320 B.C.
(b) 140 B.C.
(c) 100 B.C.
(d) 460 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the 1500s declared that he would investigate nature "not by following that which those of old taught, but by our own observation of nature confirmed by ... experiment and by reasoning thereon" (27)?

2. Where is the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine located?

3. Between June 1 and August 1, 1918, how many British soldiers in France were hit hard enough by the 1918 flu that they could not report to duty?

4. What were the names of the Mayo brothers who were giants in the field of surgery?

5. When Johns Hopkins died, how much was the trust he left to found a univerisity and hospital?

(see the answer key)

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