Key Words

Question 1

Almshouses

Answer 1

Housing provided by charities for the old or the sick if they cannot work

Question 2

Amphibian

Answer 2

An animal that lives on land or in water (e.g frog)

Question 3

Anaesthetic

Answer 3

A substance that stops disease-spreading organisms growing and spreading in the body

Question 4

Asclepion

Answer 4

Ancient Greek temple of healing

Question 5

Aseptic

Answer 5

Sterile or totally free from contamination by viruses or disease-spreading organisms

Question 6

Autopsy

Answer 6

Opening a corpse to find out why a person has died

Question 7

Bacillus

Answer 7

Bacteria that cause disease

Question 8

Barber Surgeon

Answer 8

Performed small surgical procedures (setting bones and removing warts) and cut hair. They learnt their trade on the battlefield or as apprentices to other barber surgeons.

Question 9

Capillaries

Answer 9

Fine blood vessels for taking blood around the body.

Question 10

Cauterise

Answer 10

Burning the skin or flesh of a wound with a heated instrument or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection.

Question 11

Cesspit

Answer 11

A pit or hole in the ground to dispose of sewage.

Question 12

Classical

Answer 12

Ancient Greek or Roman

Question 13

Destitute

Answer 13

Without money, food or a home

Question 14

Doctrine of Signatures

Answer 14

The theory that herbs resemble body parts and can be used by herbalist to treat those types of the body. This dates from Galen’s time.

Question 15

Dung hill

Answer 15

Heap of waste left to rot.

Question 16

Effluent

Answer 16

Liquid waste discharged into a river or sea

Question 17

Emetic

Answer 17

Something which makes you vomit to remove impurities from the body

Question 18

Endemic

Answer 18

A disease found in a part of the country/world

Question 19

Epidemic

Answer 19

A sudden, widespread occurrence of an infectious disease (e.g The Black Death)

Question 20

Hippocrates Oath

Answer 20

An oath taken by new doctors

Question 21

Holy Land

Answer 21

Jerusalem and the area sacred to Christians

Question 22

Renaissance

Answer 22

A period of ‘rebirth’ in Europe when new ideas questions old ones