GCSE Medieval and Early Modern Medicine

What was a commonly prescribed compound for smallpox?

Vesailus faced heavy criticism for saying Galen was wrong – he had to leave his job in ...

Karl Landsteiner discovered blood groups in ...

Jenner was given how much money by the government for his research?

Harvey discovered circulation of the blood. It took him 12 years to publish this theory in ____.

I have scurvy. Give me ...

What year was the Black Death?

What did Jenner discover?

John Hunter published many books including ...

What did a 1371 law do to try to maintain public health?

Who wrote Canon of Medicine?

John Hunter trained who?

Who criticised the view pus was needed for a wound to heal?

Who was arrested for suggesting doctors should do original research?

Edward Jemmer invented an operation to remove what?

Fabric of the Human Body was published in ...

During a French battle in 1537, Pare used a cream of ___ instead of boiling oil for gunshot wounds.

Renaissance means ...

How many drugs properties did Canon of Medicine list?

Early modern 'doctors' that sold cures usually containing alcohol or opium.

Sir John Foyer published his ___ in 1698.

How many hospitals were created in monasteries by the Christian Church in medieval times?

What four beliefs about causes of disease were common in medieval times?

According to the Theory of Opposites, what cures having too much yellow bile?

Who invented forceps to remove an arrowhead from young Prince Henry V?

Which of these was not a consequence of the Great Plague?

What were hospitals for leprosy called?

Thomas Syndenham ... (pick two)

Which of these is not a humour?

Which of these was NOT a government response to the Great Plague?

Which of these specialist hospitals was not set up in the 1700s?

The big invention that spurred medical progress in the early modern era was ...

For the purposes of this section of your GCSE, when do we define the 'medieval' period as?

Compendiosa – copied Vesalius’ illustrations and was sold to barber-surgeons in London.

By 1800 ___ patients were handled a year.

What did Galen dissect?

In what year was the Great Plague?

I have malaria. Give me ...

Who (in the correct order) wrote Canon of Medicine and Practica?

Who formed the guild of surgeons?

What was a natural antiseptic?

Surgeons such as William Clowes (surgeon to ____) learnt from Pare’s work

According to the Theory of the Four Humours, how do you balance too much black bile?

What improves blood circulation?

Why did hospitals decline in the Renaissance?

Which of these is NOT a reason why Jenner was opposed in the short term?

Vesalius proved that ...

Which process stopped blood loss?

John Hunter was unpopular because ...

Which of these was NOT a consequence of the Black Death?

Which of these is the correct example of a private individual setting up a hospital?

In what year did a law introduce a fine for throwing dung garbage into rivers?

Vaccination was made compulsory in ___, this was strictly enforced in ___. Smallpox was eradicated in ___.