Ancient Greece Flashcards
What did the early Greeks believe caused disease?
Spirits
What was it called - The program to keep healthy?
Regimen
What was ensured to link closely with medicine?
Religion
Who was Asklepios?
The God of Healing
What were the names of the two daughters of Asklepios?
Panacea and Hygeia
What was an Asklepion?
A temple of healing
Who said people should live simple lives?
Hippocrates
What were the four humours?
Blood, Black Bile, Yellow Bile, Phlegm
What would happen if the humours became unbalanced?
You would become ill
What did Hippocrates stress?
Observation
What do modern day doctors still take?
Hippocratic Oath
Who said disease had physical causes?
Hippocrates
Who was a philosopher?
Aristotle
What did Aristotle say about the body and the afterlife?
The body was not needed in the afterlife
What were the 4 links Aristotle made with personalities and the Four Humours?
Choleric, Phlegmatic, Sanguine, Melancholic
