medicine - medicine stands still 1000:1450

Question 1

how many humours were there

Answer 1

4

Question 2

who wrote the hippocratic legacy

Answer 2

galen

Question 3

who is referred to as the father of medicine

Answer 3

hippocrates

Question 4

state a reason as to why galen made mistakes and give an example

Answer 4

carried dissections on animals e.g. breastbone in a human had 3 parts not 7 as in an ape

Question 5

the church’s influence over people ensured that Galen’s ideas were followed for how many years

Answer 5

1400

Question 6

in the medieval times, how long would it take to qualify as a doctor

Answer 6

7 years

Question 7

who influenced knowledge in the western world apart from galen and hippocrates

Answer 7

chinese, islams, indian

Question 8

when was the hotel die in paris set up and what was it

Answer 8

a hospital set up in 651

Question 9

when was roger bacon arrested

Answer 9

1277

Question 10

how many hospitals were started between 1000 and 1500

Answer 10

700

Question 11

give an example of a hospital that was set up in england, where was it set up

Answer 11

st leonard’s in york

Question 12

how many hospitals were set up by the church

Answer 12

1/3 of the hospitals

Question 13

when was bedlam set up

Answer 13

1247

Question 14

name of a house set up in 12th cent for leprosy in england?

Answer 14

knights templar

Question 15

what did muhammad say

Answer 15

“for every disease, allah has given a cure”

Question 16

when were Medical schools, hospitals and saydalas (Islamic pharmacies) set up

Answer 16

700s

Question 17

what library was created for scholars [islamic medicine]

Answer 17

house of wisdom

Question 18

when was a hospital with a medical school and library set up and by who [islamic medicine]

Answer 18

805 by caliph al-rashid

Question 19

what did the islamic doctors use as anasthetics and antiseptics

Answer 19

cannabis and opium as anaesthetics
vinegar, rose water and alcohol as antiseptics

Question 20

who wrote a book on surgery which was the first medical book to include pictures of surgical equipment, many of which he invented, and how to use them. This book was widely translated throughout Europe

Answer 20

al-zahrawi

Question 21

who wrote ‘doubts about galen’

Answer 21

al-razi

Question 22

who wrote ‘canon of medicine’

Answer 22

ibn sina

Question 23

what did ibn sina write about

Answer 23

uses and properties of 760 drugs and medical problems

Question 24

who was john of ardene [3 facts]

Answer 24

 Most famous surgeon in medieval England
 Used opium and henbane to dull pain
 Published a book in 1376 ‘Practica’ which was a surgical manual

Question 25

who was abulcasis [3 facts]

Answer 25

• Infamous Islamic surgeon, considered as the father of surgery and born 936
• Invented 26 new surgical instruments
• Made cauterisation popular (burning the wound to stop it bleeding)

Question 26

when was the slaughter of large animals inside the walls of London was banned by the mayor

Answer 26

1371

Question 27

what law was passed in 1388

Answer 27

fined people £20 for throwing waste into ponds and rivers

Question 28

when was a law passed in worcester and what was it about

Answer 28

1466 - stated that the entrails and blood of butchered animals had to be carried away the same day

Question 29

what did the mayor of coventry issue a proclamation about and when

Answer 29

1421 - every Saturday, everyone was responsible for cleaning in front of their house or they would be fined 12p

Question 30

how often would monks wash

Answer 30

baths every month or twice a year [christmas and easter]
x2 week monks would wash their feet, head and face

Question 31

when did the black death reach england

Answer 31

1348

Question 32

when had edward expelled the jews

Answer 32

50 years before black death

Question 33

what was the black death actually caused by

Answer 33

yersinia pestis

Question 34

how many people in europe died

Answer 34

half its population

Question 35

how many people in england died

Answer 35

1.5 million

Question 36

when was the statute of labourers introduced and why

Answer 36

1351, to stop peasants looking for better conditions

Question 37

what did the statute of labourers state

Answer 37

no peasants could be paid more than the wages paid in 1346 and they couldn’t leave the village they belonged to