Chapter 2 Flashcards
1
Q
What circumstances hindered medical advances in Europe during the middle ages?
A
Disease, unrest, war, lack of education/literacy, lack of
books -many had been destroyed or taken as plunder.
2
Q
What were the four humors?
A
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
3
Q
Anatomy is the study of
A
The human body
4
Q
Anatomy means 
A
“ To cut”
5
Q
How did Jacobus Silvius conduct medical classes?
A
He read aloud from Galen’s book, while student scrambled notes. Dissection of an animal or human body often accompanied the lecture.
6
Q
Did the accompanying dissection agree with everything Sylvius read?
What did this imply?
A
No
That GALEN was wrong about some aspects of anatomy.
