Doctors Knowledge Flashcards
1
Q
why did most people want to be buried
A
most people believed in an afterlife and wanted to be buried
2
Q
which bodies could early doctors use for research and dissection and what was its effect
A
early doctors were mostly only able to use the bodies of executed criminals making it difficult to plan any research on the symptoms of disease or to study conditions
3
Q
what was a key factor for the limited progress in science
A
Lack of understanding of the cause of illness was a Ley reason
4
Q
what was faulty contributing to the lack of understanding
A
because understanding was faulty, training was faulty and ideas about prevention and treatment were likely to be ineffective