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Question: Do antibiotics kill viruses or bacteria? 

Answer: Viruses

Question: What is the procedure called where an anaesthetic is injected close to the spinal cord?

Answer: Epidural

Question: What is the name for a mesh tube that is used to treat narrow or weak arteries?

Answer: A Stent 

Question: What is the name of the oath taken by doctors?

Answer: Hippocratic Oath 

Question: The process of giving birth by C-section is, supposedly, named after which famous Roman?

Answer: Julius Caesar According to legend, Julius Caesar was born via C-Section and from this the Caesarean section derives it name.

Question: Viagra is one of the biggest selling drugs in North America but in which country was it developed?

Answer: United Kingdom  Developed at Pfizer’s laboratories in Sandwich, Kent

Question: Which is the fattiest organ in the body?

Answer: The Brain It is composed of nearky 60% fat.

Question: What is the name given to the condition where a person’s blood does not clot normally?

Answer: Hemophilia 

Question: Which diagnostic procedure is known by the abbreviation CXR?

Answer: Chest x-ray

Question: What two-word term describes low blood pressure due to sepsis that does not improve after fluid replacement?

Answer: Septic Shock