Health 1.2 Medical Progress Flashcards
1
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What did the Islamic believe about medicine?
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- Encouraged to discover new cures like senna and naphtha.
- Treated the mentally ill with compassion
- Valued Galenic and Hippocratic medicine
- Bimaristans (Muslim Hospitals) focused on actually treating the patients.
2
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How did Islamic knowledge spread around Europe?
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- Arrived in Italy through the Latin translations of Constantine the African, a merchant.
- Universities in Padua and Bologna taught medicine well.
- Reached England through trade of books and equipment.
3
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What did Islamic doctors Rhazes, Avicenna and Ibn Al-Nafis contribute to medicine?
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- Rhazes: Distinguished measles and smallpox. Wrote >150 books. Followed Galen critically.
- Avicenna: Wrote an encyclopeadia on Greek/Islamic medicine, discussing 760 drugs as well as anorexia/obesity.
- Ibn Al-Nafis: Concoluded Galen was wrong about the heart and blood. Islam dissalowed dissection, however, so his ideas fell short.
4
Q
What limitations did Medieval surgery face?
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- Operated without effective painkillers.
- No idea that dirt carried disease.
- Thought pus in a wound was good.
- Could not help deep wounds.
5
Q
What were common Medieval surgical practices?
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- Bloodletting.
- Amputation.
- Cauterisation.
- Trepanning (head hole drilling to let the devil out).
6
Q
What did Abulcasis, and Hugh/Theodoric of Lucca contribute to medicine?
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- Abulcasis: 30vol book, Al Tasrif, invented 26 instruments. Made cauterisation popular.
- Hugh/Theodoric of Lucca: Criticised the common view that pus was needed. Used wine to reduce infection in wounds.
7
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What did Mondino De Luzzi, Guy De Chauliac and John of Arderne contribute to medicine?
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- Mondino: Wrote dissection manual Anathomia. Supervised a dissection that didn’t match Galen.
- Guy: Wrote Great Surgery. Opposed Lucca’s ideas against pus.
- John: Formed London Guild of surgeons. Wrote Practica. Specialised in anal abcesses.
