greek medicine Flashcards
what time period was Greek medicine in?
1000BC-500AC.
Who was Asclepios?
the god of healing.
A healthy persons humours would be?
balanced.
What was the natural explanation for diseases?
The Four Humours.
Yellow Bile, what did it relate to and what treated it?
summer
joint pain - make you be sick.
Blood, what did it relate to and what treated it?
spring
acne - leeches.
Black Bile, what did it relate to and what treated it?
autumn
ulcers - go to the toilet.
Phlegm, what did it relate to and what treated it?
winter
colds/asthma - take a hot bath.
What was the theory behind the bleeding treatment?
if you bleed a cup full of blood, it would then balance out all of the humours.
What were the tools made from?
steel and iron.
What was the Alexandria Library famous for?
being the biggest library in the world holding 700,00 books and allowing dissections to take place.
What did the Greek Government do to make the public change?
set up the Olympics and made the athletes compete naked to show everyone what git and heathy bodies look like trying to encourage them to want to look like that and be healthy.
