Medieval medicine

Question 1

Many medieval physicians believed urine was an effective method in the diagnosis of disease

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Who was the most powerful person in medieval europe?

Accepted Answer

The Pope

Question 3

You might be sick if....

Accepted Answer

God was testing you, There was a miasma, God was angry with you, Your four humours were out of balance

Question 4

Who was the father. Of medicine

Accepted Answer

Hippocrates

Question 5

Hippocrates (460-370BC) developed the theory of the Four Humours. Which of these wasn't one?

Accepted Answer

Yellow Pus

Question 6

Who is known as the "father of modern surgery" and apprentice to a barber surgeon.

Accepted Answer

Ambroise Pare

Question 7

In the Medieval times, Medieval doctors were influenced by

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

How did medieval Europeans believe the plague was spread?

Accepted Answer

Miasmic air

Question 9

All of the following choices represent Hippocrates medical beliefs except the

Accepted Answer

important medical value of sorcery and witchcraft.

Question 10

Most medical procedures and treatments were performed by wise women and barber surgeons

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Most people could not afford a doctor

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

where did Galen study ?

Accepted Answer

The Great medical school Alexandria

Question 13

The medieval period was also known as...

Accepted Answer

The Middle Ages

Question 14

What was Galen most famous for?

Accepted Answer

The opposite theory

Question 15

Who was Galen

Accepted Answer

A Doctor In Roman Times

Question 16

Who was responsible for running the hospitals in medieval times?

Accepted Answer

The church

Question 17

Medieval European medical knowledge was based on:

Accepted Answer

Greek and Roman writers

Question 18

Galen carried out dissection of ...

Accepted Answer

Animals

Question 19

Who 'perfected' medicine

Accepted Answer

Galen

Question 20

Barber surgeon were the least qualified

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Prayer was believed to cure disease

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

What was the theory of opposites?

Accepted Answer

The theory that you should balance the hours to be well

Question 23

One of the biggest causes of disease in medieval towns was

Accepted Answer

unsanitary conditions

Question 24

Dissection is...

Accepted Answer

Cutting something up for medical reasons while they are dead

Question 25

Which deadly medieval disease is depicted in the following image?

Accepted Answer

Bubonic Plague

Question 26

A miasma was a......

Accepted Answer

Bad smell that caused a disease

Question 27

What did you have to do to train to be a doctor?

Accepted Answer

Memorise the works of Galen

Question 28

Vivisection is...

Accepted Answer

Cutting something up for medical reasons while they are alive

Question 29

witch one of those is not one of hippocrates four humors

Accepted Answer

blue bile

Question 30

Why might you carry a pomander?

Accepted Answer

To overpower bad smells and prevent disease

Question 31

What could happen if you disobeyed the church

Accepted Answer

Excommunicated

Question 32

What did Hippocrates do that is so well remembered? (there may be more than one answer)

Accepted Answer

Wrote many books, The Hippocratic Oath, The Four Humours, Clinical Method of Observation

Question 33

What is a Barber Surgeon?

Accepted Answer

A surgeon without formal training who also cuts hair

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