Ancient Greeks Flashcards
When did the Greek Civilisation begin and end?
1000BC it began
250BC it ended
What did Hippocrates do?
He was a great thinker who investigated medicine and changed the way people thought about it
Were the gods a part of the Greek’s lives or separate?
They were part of it
e.g. if there was a good harvest it meant that the gods were pleased
Who was Asclepius?
He was the Greek god of Medicine
What was an Asclepion?
It was the temple where the Greeks went to get better after being ill
What did the Greeks believe would happen to them in their sleep when they were at an Asclepion?
They believed that Asclepius and his daughters would visit them and complete the cures.
What was the theory of the four humours?
The idea based on the four seasons that our body is made up of four things that need to be balanced in order to be healthy. These are Blood, Phlegm, Yellow Bile and Black Bile.
What did the Greeks believe caused illness?
When you had too little or too much of a humour causing them to be imbalanced.
How were treatments discovered?
They involved balancing the humours. This could be by bleeding a patient if they had too much blood, or advising exercise for patients who had too little bile. Other treatments were often found by trial and error.
Where would Greeks exercise, bathe and sleep?
At an Asclepion
What would rich people be advised to do?
Rest and Relax because they could afford to do so
What would poor people be advised to do?
They would be given medicines because they couldn’t afford to stop working
What role did women play in medicine?
They provided the bulk of the care for people who were ill, usually the home.
Was childbirth still dangerous?
Yes, women needed midwives to support them when they were giving birth
What was the Hippocratic Collection?
The books Hippocrates wrote all of his medical methods down in.
