Early Medicine Flashcards
1
Q
When was Hippocrates around?
A
460 BC - 360 BC
2
Q
What did Hippocrates do differently in his time?
A
He looked at the body instead of looking into religions effect upon medicine
3
Q
What did Hippocrates invent?
A
4 Humours!
4
Q
What substances are in the four Humours?
A
- Black Bile
- Yellow Bile
- Blood
- Phlegm
5
Q
What would happen to you if your Humours were out of balance?
A
You would be ill
6
Q
How did you balance your four Humours?
A
Purging (bleeding)
7
Q
What Hippocrate invention still exists today?
A
The Hippocrates Oath
8
Q
What does the Hippocrates Oath say?
A
You must not cause harm to their patients no harm
9
Q
Who was another important figure?
A
Galen
10
Q
When was Galen around?
A
130 AD - 216 AD
11
Q
What were Galen breakthroughs in?
A
Anatomy
12
Q
What did Galen prove?
A
That arteries carry blood
