Exploring Medicine Chapters 1-5 Flashcards
Was William Harvey’s idea that blood circulates as the true picture accepted before he died?
yes
Paré said, “The foundations of medicine must be ___”
love
Are the books by Hippocrates and Galen free of errors?
no
an artist who studied the human body so he could paint it accurately
Michelangelo
What do medical schools use as the final word in medicine?
Galen’s books
Was Harvey’s circulation of the blood considered one of the ten most important events in medical history?
yes
Blood is carried to the heart by
veins
William Harvey believed that ___ be used to study medicine.
experiments
Was the publication of On the Fabric of the Human Body considered one of the ten most important events in medical science?
Yes
Was Galen put in prison while in Rome?
no
the most famous ancient Greek doctor was
Hippocrates
Galen believed that the marvelous complexity of the human body pointed to a ___
Creator
taught in Paris from old books
Sylvius
Did Paré learn to read and write Latin and Greek as a child?
no
discovered capillaries
Marcello Malphighi
a Polish astronomer who described the sun and not the earth as the center of the planetary system
Nicolas Copernicus
William Harvey stated that the heart was a ___.
pump
The most important physician during the Roman times was
Galen
Paré became France’s most skilled surgeon and earned the title
First Surgeon of the King
When William Harvey attended Padua in Italy, its most famous teacher was
Galileo
a successful apothecary (druggist)
Vesalius’ father
Paré’s improved treatment to stop the bleeding after an amputation was to
use thread to tie the veins and arteries closed
Was Paré reluctant to share his discoveries with others?
no
Paré’s improved treatment for gunshot wounds was to
use soothing ointment
wrote On the Motion of the Blood
William Harvey
lectured on surgery and anatomy, pointed out valves in the veins
David Fabricius
Alexandria’s great library was
burned by a mob
taught the experimental method at Padua
Galileo
What was the treatment George Washington received based on?
the four-humors theory of disease
a young artist who made illustrations for Vesalius’ book
Jan Stephen van Calcar
The Hippocratic Oath for doctors is
a pledge of proper conduct
Galen learned firsthand about the human body from
treating injured gladiators
In Europe of the 1500s, minor operations and first aid were given by
barbers
Are the medical discoveries of the Egyptian doctor Imhotep well known today?
no
Andreas Vesalius came from a long line of
doctors
Ambroise Paré said, “I treated him, ___ healed him.”
God
Doctors used ___ because they beleived it put the body’s four humors in balance.
bloodletting
wrote On the Fabric of the Human Body
Andreas Vesalius
