Egypt Quiz

Question 1

What caused people to be healthy?

Answer 1

Religion, hygiene was valued

Observations, Mosquito nets offered malaria protection

Government, spare food from successful agriculture

Question 2

Who provided medical care?

Answer 2

Sekhmet
Thoth
Imhotep

Doctors
Priests

Question 3

What caused diagnosis and treatment to change?

Answer 3

Observation, They included observation and diagnosis in their rituals
Religion, dissected bodies- progress in surgery, valued hygiene- progress in public health
Individuals, River Nile triggered channel theory

Question 4

What caused diagnosis and treatment to remain the same

Answer 4

Religion, experimental dissection not allowed,

channelled money and thought away from practical medicine.

Egyptians did not understand the medical significance of cleanliness.

Question 5

How far did new ideas and treatments (aka change) affect the majority of the population?

Answer 5

Religion, Mummification allowed provided opportunities for examination and understanding of anatomy

Observation, Channel theory allowed medicine to move from entirely spiritual cures for diseases and disorders, towards practical ones

Question 6

What ideas did people have about the causes of illness

Answer 6

Channel/ blockages theory

Evil Gods (e.g sekhmet/ wehedu)

Question 7

What ideas did people have about the treatment of illness

Answer 7

• Purging (vomiting, bleeding, laxatives)
• Amulets, charms and rituals
• Aseptic materials (willow leaves)

Question 8

Define the channel theory

Answer 8

Came by observing farmers who dug out irrigations channels for their crops.
They believed that as in irrigation, channels provided the body with routes for good health. When routes are blocked, purging can bring the body back to health.
They thought the heart was the center of 46 channels - types of tubes. However, they never came to realize that these channels had different functions.

The Gods were the creators and controllers of life, the Egyptians thought. Blockages in the human “channels” were thought to be the result of the evil doings of Wehedu, an evil spirit.

Question 9

Summarise Egyptian progress

Answer 9

they knew about anatomy
they practised observation and diagnosis
they recorded their methods and used books of instructions
they were separate from the priesthood
they were skilled at bandaging and external surgery
they knew hundreds of herbal remedies
they had a reassuring 'bedside manner'
they specialised in particular illnesses