What did Hippocrates believe?

The body was made of four humours

What are flagellants?

People who whipped themselves to prevent disease

How did some cities try to address the problem of too many animals?

Employ rakers to clean the streets

What is meant by the word pestilence?

Another word for the Black Death

What is an apothecary?

A place were herbal remedies were mixed

How did some cities try to solve the problem of waste and litter?

Pass laws against throwing waste

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1
What did Hippocrates believe?
Bad smells made you ill
The theory of opposites
God was in complete control of who got sick
The body was made of four humours
2
Who controlled education in the Medieval period?
The King
Parents
The Church
There was no education
3
Why did people not carry out dissections?
The Church did not allow it
There were no bodies to dissect
They did not know how
It was too disgusting
4
What are flagellants?
followers of Galen
people who worked in apothecaries
People who whipped themselves to prevent disease
People who cleaned streets
5
How many people in England died as a result of the Black Death?
80%
10%
40%
23%
6
What was the main purpose of medieval hospitals?
Surgery
Caring for the sick
Looking after old people
Feeding the poor
7
How did some cities try to address the problem of too many animals?
Kill all animals
nothing
Employ rakers to clean the streets
Ban all animals entering the city centre
8
What is meant by the word pestilence?
Another word for bad smells
Another word for the Black Death
Another word for blood letting
Another word for antibiotics
9
When did the Black Death arrive in England?
1496
1348
1396
1448
10
How did some cities try to solve the problem of dirty water
install water purification systems
stop people dropping litter in rivers
install aqeducts
employ divers to clean the rivers
11
What is an apothecary?
A place were herbal remedies were mixed
A place that carried out surgery
A fortune teller
A place that give out free food
12
What did Galen add to Hippocrates ideas?
The Miasma Theory
Washing hands would keep you healthy
The theory of opposites
Praying twice a day would cure you
13
Why was there so little change in medicine in the medieval times?
There was no opportunity to go to university
People were too stupid
Religion played too big a role
14
What was not and attempted cure of the Black Death?
Antibiotics
Praying
Cutting open the boils
Herbal remedies
15
Why was blood letting used in the medieval period?
For giving blood donations
To re-balance the four humours
To make room for new, fresh blood
To drink
16
What is meant by the term miasma?
bad smells
the Black Death
you are going to die
Surgeons
17
How did some cities try to solve the problem of waste and litter?
Set up bin collections
Nothing
Threw all waste in fast flowing rivers
Pass laws against throwing waste
18
Which of these was not believed to be a cause of the Black Death?
Fleas
God
Bad smells
The Planets

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