Exploring Medicine Chapters 1-4

Question 1

The Hippocratic Oath for doctors is

Answer 1

a pledge of proper conduct

Question 2

an artist who studied the human body so he could paint it accurately

Answer 2

Michelangelo

Question 3

Was Paré reluctant to share his discoveries with others?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

Paré became France’s most skilled surgeon and earned the title

Answer 4

First Surgeon of the King

Question 5

a Polish astronomer who described the sun and not the earth as the center of the planetary system

Answer 5

Nicolas Copernicus

Question 6

Are the books by Hippocrates and Galen free of errors?

Answer 6

no

Question 7

Andreas Vesalius came from a long line of

Answer 7

doctors

Question 8

In Europe of the 1500s, minor operations and first aid were given by

Answer 8

barbers

Question 9

Galen believed that the marvelous complexity of the human body pointed to a ___

Answer 9

Creator

Question 10

wrote On the Fabric of the Human Body

Answer 10

Andreas Vesalius

Question 11

When William Harvey attended Padua in Italy, its most famous teacher was

Answer 11

Galileo

Question 12

Alexandria’s great library was

Answer 12

burned by a mob

Question 13

Was Galen put in prison while in Rome?

Answer 13

no

Question 14

What was the treatment George Washington received based on?

Answer 14

the four-humors theory of disease

Question 15

Did Paré learn to read and write Latin and Greek as a child?

Answer 15

no

Question 16

Paré’s improved treatment for gunshot wounds was to

Answer 16

use soothing ointment

Question 17

What do medical schools use as the final word in medicine?

Answer 17

Galen’s books

Question 18

Doctors used ___ because they beleived it put the body’s four humors in balance.

Answer 18

bloodletting

Question 19

Was the publication of On the Fabric of the Human Body considered one of the ten most important events in medical science?

Answer 19

Yes

Question 20

a successful apothecary (druggist)

Answer 20

Vesalius’ father

Question 21

the most famous ancient Greek doctor was

Answer 21

Hippocrates

Question 22

William Harvey stated that the heart was a ___.

Answer 22

pump

Question 23

Galen learned firsthand about the human body from

Answer 23

treating injured gladiators

Question 24

Paré said, “The foundations of medicine must be ___”

Answer 24

love

Question 25

taught in Paris from old books

Answer 25

Sylvius

Question 26

Are the medical discoveries of the Egyptian doctor Imhotep well known today?

Answer 26

no

Question 27

a young artist who made illustrations for Vesalius’ book

Answer 27

Jan Stephen van Calcar

Question 28

Ambroise Paré said, “I treated him, ___ healed him.”

Answer 28

God

Question 29

The most important physician during the Roman times was

Answer 29

Galen

Question 30

Blood is carried to the heart by

Answer 30

veins

Question 31

Paré’s improved treatment to stop the bleeding after an amputation was to

Answer 31

use thread to tie the veins and arteries closed