hippocrates

Question 1

what did people think illnesses were caused by, in medieval society?

Answer 1

people thought that illnesses were caused by natural and supernatural causes.

Question 2

2 famous physicians (doctors) were credited with a lot of the theories of medieval medicine, which were?..

Answer 2

Hippocrates and Galen.

Question 3

what were the theories Hippocrates developed about medicine?

Answer 3

Clinical observation.
The Four Humours Theory.
Hippocratic oath.

Question 4

what did Hippocrates advocate/ or support?

Answer 4

using natural treatments to treat diseases.

Question 5

when was Hippocrates born?

Answer 5

460 BC

Question 6

who invented the idea ‘clinical observation’ and what did it involve?

Answer 6

Hippocrates. It also involved a doctor being objective (independent) and using observation and logic to work out what was wrong with a patient.

Question 7

what should doctors have examined and monitored?

Answer 7

a patient’s symptoms to diagnose their disease or illness

Question 8

Doctors today take the Hippocratic oath and what does this secure them to keep?

Answer 8

a set of ethical standards to treat their patients well.

Question 9

true or false. Hippocrates developed the theory of the four humours.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

to be healthy what did the Ancient Greeks believe a person needed to have?

Answer 10

they believed that a person needed to have balanced humours. People got diseases if they had too much or too little of a humour

Question 11

what did Hippocrates think the best way to get the humours back into balance was?

Answer 11

By bleeding or purging. . This is similar to the purging, vomiting and blood-letting that the Ancient Egyptians thought would unblock the body’s channels.

Question 12

what was each humour related to?

Answer 12

different seasons, elements and organs.

Question 13

phlegm- one of the four humours- was related to which season and element?

Answer 13

winter and water.

Question 14

The Ancient Greeks believed phlegm was produced in?..

Answer 14

the brain and lungs

Question 15

phlegm was considered cold and?..

Answer 15

wet.

Question 16

To remedy a phlegm imbalance, doctors suggested?..

Answer 16

breathing steam, or eating vegetables filled with water.

Question 17

Yellow bile was related to the season and element?..

Answer 17

summer and fire

Question 18

The Ancient Greeks believed bile was produced in?..

Answer 18

the spleen.

Question 19

yellow bile was considered hot and?..

Answer 19

dry.

Question 20

To remedy a yellow bile imbalance, doctors?..

Answer 20

forced patients to throw up or change their diet.

Question 21

Blood was related to the season and element?..

Answer 21

Spring and air.

Question 22

the Ancient Greeks believed blood was produced in ?..

Answer 22

the liver.

Question 23

Blood was considered hot and?..

Answer 23

wet.

Question 24

To remedy a blood imbalance, doctors used?..

Answer 24

bloodletting or suggested eating red meat and drinking red wine

Question 25

Black bile was related to the season and element?..

Answer 25

autumn and earth.

Question 26

Black bile was related to the season and element?..

Answer 26

autumn and earth.

Question 27

where did the ancient greeks believe black bile was produced?..

Answer 27

in the gallbladder.

Question 28

Black bile was considered cold and?..

Answer 28

dry

Question 29

To remedy a black bile imbalance, doctors gave?..

Answer 29

laxatives and suggested eating more vegetables.

Question 30

where was hippocrates born?

Answer 30

ancient greece