2 Ancient Greek And Roman Medicine

Question 1

Difference of Physicians in Egyptian Med vs. Greek Medicine?

Answer 1

Greek Medicine - favored rational thinking unlike mystic view of Egyptian physicians

Question 2

Greek God of Medicine?
1. Myth figure inspired by which Egyptian physician/deity?
2. Son of whom?
3. Children meaning?
A. Hygieia
B. Panacea
C. Machaon
D. Podalirius

4. Learned secrets of healing through what? Learned the secret of medicine from?

Answer 2

Aesculapius

1. Imhotep
2. Son of Apollo and Coronis

3.
Daughters
A. Goddess of Health: hygiene
B. Goddess of Med: Pan (universal cure)
Sons
C. Surgery
D. Medicine

3. Centaur; Snake

Question 3

Priest followers of Aesculapius?

Answer 3

Aesclepiads

Question 4

Father of Greek and Modern (Clinical) Medicine

Answer 4

Hippocrates of Cos

Question 5

First known to person to dissect a human cadaver

Answer 5

Hippocrates of Cos

Question 6

Temperament Theory of Hippocrates

Answer 6

Four humors: Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile

Question 7

Proposed that the brain is the center of the nervous system rather than heart; first medical teacher in Alexandria

Answer 7

Herophilus of Chalcedon

Question 8

First to measure pulse using a water clock

Answer 8

Herophilus of Chalcedon

Question 9

Father of Physiology

Answer 9

Erasistratus of Chlos

Question 10

Pantothenic acid derived compound; cofactor of several enzymes like acetyl CoA carboxylase; has a role in FA synthesis, oxidation, acylation, and cholesterol synthesis

Answer 10

CoA or CoASH