Greek And Medivial Flashcards
(25 cards)
What were the 4humours?
Blood
Phlegm
Black bile
Yellow bile
What is a humour?
A liguid
What were signs of each humour being unbalanced?
Blood- Cough blood or have nose bleeds
Phlegm- Sneeze revolting phlegm
Black bile- Vomit a dark evil-smelling liguid
Yellow bile- Vomit half-digested food
How was each humour rebalanced?
Blood- leaches
Black bile- lacitives
Yellow bile- Enemic
Phlegm- Something warm
What was the Hippocratic Oath?
Do patients no harm
What did Hippocrates suggest caused disease?
Natural reasons eg diet and living habits
When was Hippocrates born?
460BC
What is Regimen?
Doing stuff to be healthy eg sleep
What did Greeks believed caused disease?
God
What is an Asclepion?
A temple dedicated to the Greek god of healing(Asclepius)
How long did Galens ideas last for?
Over 1500 years later untill the 16th century
If an idea disagreed with Galen what would people suggest?
The body was wrong
Because of Galens ideas what couldn’t advance untill the 1600?
Medicine
What did Galen do?
Dissections
Why did Galen use pigs in many dissections?
As it was the closest to the human anatominly
Who was the top Roman doctor?
Galen
What did Galens dissections prove?
The brain controlled the body not the heard as it is connected to the spinal cord
Why did the church support Galen?
As his ideas fitted the idea of god creating human and the perfect design
What was 3 examples of Galens work that helped medicines progress?
1-He emphasised the importance of Hippocrates ideas to observe and record a patient
2- Galen proved the brain controlled speech
3- Galen proved the arteries are not just veins carrying blood
What is Miasma?
Bad air that led to disease
What caused bad air?
God
What decided the cause of disease?
The church
Who created the idea of Miasma
Hippocrates
What year did life expectancy start to improve?
1861
