Medicine - Ancient & Medieval Peg Test Flashcards
Who developed the Theory of the Four Humors?
Hippocrates
What did the Greeks consider a healthy body?
Super greek
What did Hippocrates suggest that Greek Doctors cure their patients?
Balancing the four humors
What were believed to be the 4 liquids inside the body?
Blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm
If someone had a fever how would the ancient doctors treat them?
Cools them down with a cucumber
Who was Galen?
A roman doctor
What did Galen call his theory?
The Theory of Opposites
What did Galen prove about the body?
That it’s controlled through the brain, not heart (the previous belief)
Who did Galen develop his early medical skills on?
Gladiators
Who was Asclepius?
The Greek god of healing
What was the main religion in Middle Ages England?
Catholicism
What was the average life expectancy in 1350?
30
What was an amulet?
A necklace or such to ward of an illness
Name two things that people thought caused disease in the middle ages?
God
Miasma
Public health in the Middle Ages?
Poor
