2hv medical vocabulary + fun facts (ancient cures)

Question 1

You should use ...... to clean a wound. It might sting a little, but it disinfects well.

Accepted Answer

antiseptics

Question 2

What did the Ancient Egyptians believe could cure blindness?

Accepted Answer

Dripping bat blood into the eyes.

Question 3

What did Ancient Egyptians do against a toothache?

Accepted Answer

Put a dead mouse in the mouth.

Question 4

What did the Ancient Romans believe (parts of) a criminal's head could cure?

Accepted Answer

dog bites, gum disease

Question 5

She has got a cold, so she's got a ...... from coughing so much!

Accepted Answer

sore throat

Question 6

An epidemic is…

Accepted Answer

when a lot of people have the same disease

Question 7

What did people use to believe would help against a headache?

Accepted Answer

Trepanation (= drilling small holes into the skull), Put a dead mole on your head., Take a bath with some electric eels.

Question 8

A vehicle that takes people to hospital =

Accepted Answer

an ambulance

Question 9

A vaccination is something which…

Accepted Answer

prevents you from getting a disease.

Question 10

A surgeon is someone who…

Accepted Answer

operates on people.

Question 11

What did the Acient Romans believe helped against a hangover?

Accepted Answer

Eat a canary (= a bird), including the bones.

Question 12

What did people in the middle ages believe helped against the Plague (= the Black Death)?

Accepted Answer

rub a live chicken against the skin.

Question 13

How did people in the middle ages thought Scrufola (= a skin disease) could be cured?

Accepted Answer

By the touch of a king or queen

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