GCSE Medicine Booklet 1 COPY Flashcards
What caused St Anthony’s disease?
Fungus in bread
What percentage of chidren, in medieval times, died before the age of seven?
30%
How did medieval people try to cure rheumatism?
Wear a donkey skin
What was Bald’s Leechbook?
A 10th century medical text
What theory did Hippocrates establish?
The Four Humours
How did Hippocrates influence later medicine?
He wrote 60 books and his ideas were used in Western medicine for centuries
Where did Galen learn about anatomy?
He worked in a gladiator school,in Rome, treating injuries
How did Galen affect later medicine?
His books were used as university text books and they taught dissection
Which Arab doctor wrote the first description of smallpox symptoms?
Rhazes
Which Arab doctor wrote the book called The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine?
Avicenna
What medical equipment did Islamic doctors invent?
Sticting and scalpels
What are the Four Humours?
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile
Some people believed that God made diseases but also provided herbal cures. What was this idea called?
The Doctrine of Signatures
What did medieval religious people think caused illnesses and epidemics?
An individual or a whole society were leading sinful lives
What herb was used to break up kidney stones?
Saxifrage
Who carried out minor operations such as pulling teeth?
A Barber-surgeon
What would an apothecary sell?
He would sell simples – a medicine made of one herb or compounds which were a combination of ingredients e.g. red rose and bamboo juice for treating smallpox
Which women would provide medical care in medieval times?
Wise woman, the lady of the manor and nuns