GCSE Medieval and Early Modern Medicine

Karl Landsteiner discovered blood groups in ...

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

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

Renaissance means ...

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

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

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 ...

Who formed the guild of surgeons?

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?

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

What was a natural antiseptic?

How many drugs properties did Canon of Medicine list?

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

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

Thomas Syndenham ... (pick two)

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

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

John Hunter was unpopular because ...

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

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

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

Who was arrested for suggesting doctors should do original research?

Edward Jemmer invented an operation to remove what?

What was a commonly prescribed compound for smallpox?

John Hunter trained who?

In what year was the Great Plague?

What did Galen dissect?

Which process stopped blood loss?

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

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

I have malaria. Give me ...

Fabric of the Human Body was published in ...

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

What year was the Black Death?

I have scurvy. Give me ...

Vesalius proved that ...

Who wrote Canon of Medicine?

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

By 1800 ___ patients were handled a year.

Why did hospitals decline in the Renaissance?

What were hospitals for leprosy called?

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

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

What did Jenner discover?

Sir John Foyer published his ___ in 1698.

John Hunter published many books including ...

What improves blood circulation?

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

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

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

Which of these is not a humour?