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In 1854, an ordinary water pump led physician John Snow to discover the source of a deadly cholera outbreak in London. The tools of the public health profession are not always so simple, but in their ability to help researchers unlock the mysteries of human health and disease, they’re every bit as marvelous. In hopes of reawakening our collective sense of wonder, we’ve assembled nine instruments of the trade currently in use at the School of Public Health. See how many you can identify. (We're betting even Dr. Snow would recognize one or two. -Editor)

Take the Quiz!

What is this instrument? 1. The instrument pictured to the left is:

Confocal Microscope2. Scientists use this confocal microscope to:

What does the SMART Board do?3. This state-of-the-art interactive SMART Board enables SPH faculty, staff and students to:

Who is wearing this costume?4. The person wearing this costume is:

Microarray image

The human genome holds enough information to fill more than New York telephone directories. Microarray images like this allow biostatisticians to decipher that information in order to identify the causes of complex diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

flowmeter6. Individuals using this instrument learn to:

Drawing7. The figure in this image is:

Smiling Microscope8. True or false:

Statisticians report that this smiling microscope sparked a 27 percent increase in the participation rate for a study of early-childhood antibiotic resistance.

Apple9. This apple is:

Send correspondence about this or any Findings article to the editor at sph.findings@umich.edu. You will be contacted if your letter is considered for publication.