Exploring Medicine Chapters 1-4 Flashcards
The Hippocratic Oath for doctors is
a pledge of proper conduct
an artist who studied the human body so he could paint it accurately
Michelangelo
Was Paré reluctant to share his discoveries with others?
no
Paré became France’s most skilled surgeon and earned the title
First Surgeon of the King
a Polish astronomer who described the sun and not the earth as the center of the planetary system
Nicolas Copernicus
Are the books by Hippocrates and Galen free of errors?
no
Andreas Vesalius came from a long line of
doctors
In Europe of the 1500s, minor operations and first aid were given by
barbers
Galen believed that the marvelous complexity of the human body pointed to a ___
Creator
wrote On the Fabric of the Human Body
Andreas Vesalius
When William Harvey attended Padua in Italy, its most famous teacher was
Galileo
Alexandria’s great library was
burned by a mob
Was Galen put in prison while in Rome?
no
What was the treatment George Washington received based on?
the four-humors theory of disease
Did Paré learn to read and write Latin and Greek as a child?
no
Paré’s improved treatment for gunshot wounds was to
use soothing ointment
What do medical schools use as the final word in medicine?
Galen’s books
Doctors used ___ because they beleived it put the body’s four humors in balance.
bloodletting
Was the publication of On the Fabric of the Human Body considered one of the ten most important events in medical science?
Yes
a successful apothecary (druggist)
Vesalius’ father
the most famous ancient Greek doctor was
Hippocrates
William Harvey stated that the heart was a ___.
pump
Galen learned firsthand about the human body from
treating injured gladiators
Paré said, “The foundations of medicine must be ___”
love
