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Calling all trivia buffs — how much do you know about medicine and your health? Try this quick quiz.
1. When was hormone-replacement therapy first used?



 
2. What type of microbe transmits the common cold?



 
3. What species of monkey gave its name to the blood-group system of humans?



 
4. Which disease is the single biggest cause of blindness in the world?



 
5. What is a more common name for Hansen's disease?



 
6. Who pioneered the use of antiseptics, which resulted in a dramatic reduction in the death rate during surgery?



 
7. What is the common name for the disease whose medical name is rubeola?



 
8. The word 'placebo', used to mean a sugar pill that has no active effect, comes from the Latin for 'I will please' — true or false?

 
9. Multiple sclerosis is a disease of which system:



 
10. Which phobia is the fear of heights?



 
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