FUNDAMENTALS
Today, we look at some interesting nuggets from the fascinating world of medicine.
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THE WORLD OF MEDICINE
1. What is contribution of an Ayurvedic practitioner named Madhusudan Gupta to modern medical education in India?
2. Insulin takes its name from the Latin word Insula meaning island. What is the ‘island’ connection?
3. The dreaded plague is of three varieties Bubonic, pneumonic and what is the third one?
4. Kala azar, black fever, sandfly disease, DumDum fever and espundia are all synonyms of which disease?
5. Only one living Nobel laureate has ever put up his medal for auction. The laureate got the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1963. Name him?
6. Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain shared the Nobel prize in medicine along with another well known personality for their contribution to a major life saving discovery. Name the discovery and the the third person?
7. What is supposed to only exist at the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Vector Institute in Koltsovo, Novosibirsk in Siberia, where a regiment of troops guard it?
8. What is the connection in medical history between James Phipps, Sarah Nelmes and Blossom?
9. The first field studies of which popular medical boon in the sixties and seventies were carried out in Puerto Rico by Gregory Pincus in 1955? 10. Leprosy, sometimes known as Hansen’s disease. Why?
ANYTHING GOES
1. Stanley Hollis received the Victoria cross, the highest British gallantry award during Second World War. What was special about this award? (Rajeev Lochan, Kolkata)
2. In the original Greek mythology, this was a Greek goddess who opened her this, and released a horde of evil on mankind to cause them misery. Unlike the mythology, this Radio is music streaming and rating website which “opens a this of music to create peace and harmony”? (Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad)
3. Strobilanthus kunthianais a shrub that is found in the shola forests of the Western Ghats in South India. Nilgiri Hills, which literally means the blue mountains, got their name from the purplish blue flowers of this plant which bloom once in 12 years. This year it has made its beautiful appearance. Which hill station we have to go for seeing the spectacular event? (Dr Megha Krishnan, Vellore)
4. Which character created by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay connects Pramathesh Barua, Dilip Kumar, Shahrukh Khan and Shivaji Ganesan? (Partha Sarkar, Kolkata)
5. Tihar is a jail in India. In Nepal however, Tihar refers to a joyous occasion. What is Tihar in Nepal? (T. Riddhi, Secunderabad)
6. If you are in the business of importing and exporting Beverly Hills, Cat’s Head, English Beauty, Lord Nelson etc., which commodity are you doing business in? (Chintalapudi Naveen, Pathapatnam, Srikakulam)
7. Which ambidextrous leader of India informally adopted Jamnalal Bajaj as his ‘fifth son’? (Gargee Sarkar, Panpra-Khatra, Bankura)
8. Pochampally in Telangana is known for its intricately designed Pochampally saree. This place is also the birthplace of one of India’s most reformative movement. Which one? (T.V.S. Rao, Vishakapatnam)