Ancient Greece and Rome

Question 1

“The birthplace of Western civilization”

Answer 1

Greece

Question 2

Ancient Greece was divided into?

Answer 2

Athens and Sparta

Question 3

Greek God of Medicine

supposedly the son of Apollo and a mortal woman (Coronis)

Answer 3

Aesculapius

Question 4

Father of Greek Medicine

First known person to dissect a human cadaver

Great believer in dietary measures

Answer 4

Hippocrates of Cos

Question 5

“Four humors” Theory

Certain human moods, emotions, and behaviors were caused by body fluids

Answer 5

Temperament Theory

Question 6

Utilizing gravity to correct spinal ailments

Answer 6

Traction ladder device

Question 7

Introduced as an oath taken by pupils before entering Hippocrates medical school in Cos

Professional ethical standards

Stressed physician’s professionalism

Answer 7

Hippocratic Oath

Question 8

Identified the cerebrum, cerebellum, ventricles of the brain.

He proposed that the brain housed the intellect

Answer 8

Herophilus

Question 9

He was the first to measure the pulse using water clock

Answer 9

Herophilus

Question 10

Father of Physiology

He postulated an open air system in which veins distribute blood and arteries contain air or pneuma.

Answer 10

Erasistratus

Question 11

First female physician of Athens

Answer 11

Agnodice

Question 12

[herbal treatment] Thought to have thought to have thought to have calming properties

Answer 12

Fennel

Question 13

[herbal treatment] Beneficial for the heart

Answer 13

Garlic

Question 14

[herbal treatment] used as an antiseptic

Answer 14

Willow

Question 15

[herbal treatment] Used as anesthetics for surgery

Answer 15

Opium poppies and henbane seeds

Question 16

“The Prince of Roman Medicine”

Became physician and surgeon to gladiators

Influenced by ‘miasma theory” of Hippocrates

Answer 16

Galen of Pergamon

Question 17

Give patient a treatment opposite to their symptoms

Answer 17

Galen’s theory of Opposites

Question 18

The heart’s right chamber receives blood from the liver via vena cava; blood seeps into the heart’s left chamber through a series of small, nearly invisible pores

Answer 18

Galen’s theory of Circulation

Question 19

An herbal jam, formulated by Galen, contains 64 different ingredients and a virtual cure-all for many diseases and an antidote to many poisons

Answer 19

Theriac

Question 20

Roman medical writer that wrote De Medicina

Credited with recording the cardinal signs of inflammation (calor, dolor, tumor and rubor)

Answer 20

Aulus Cornelius Celsus

Question 21

An encyclopedia of medical knowledge that contains the most comprehensive medical history and detailed description of medical and surgical procedures

Answer 21

De Medicina