Medicine Through Time - Dates and Individuals Flashcards
Name 3 key things Hippocrates did
Looked for environmental causes of disease
Introduced clinical method of observation
Created the four humours theory
Who linked the four humours to disease?
Aristotle
What four fluids did Aristotle say made up the four humours?
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile
How did Galen try to learn more about the anatomy?
By dissecting animals
What did Galen learn about blood?
It travels around the body through veins
Why were Galen’s conclusions about humans sometimes inaccurate?
He was unable to dissect humans, only animals
Which Arab doctor stuck firmly to Galen’s teachings, whilst the western world returned to supernatural beliefs?
Rhazes
Avicenna was another Arab doctor. What did he do?
Challenged and improved Roman and Greek ideas
Who was a clear example of a ‘Renaissance Man’ (someone who had mastered art and science)?
Leonardo Da Vinci
What two things did Ambroise Pare design?
Ligatures and artificial legs
What was Pare’s alternative to cauterisation with boiling oil?
Using cool salve
What did William Harvey discover about blood?
Blood is pumped around the body continuously in a circulatory system
Distinguished arteries and veins
Who introduced inoculation to Western Europe?
Lady Montagu
What did Edward Jenner invent?
Vaccinations - a safer and more successful alternative to inoculation
Who did not like Jenner’s ideas?
Upper-class doctors (who performed inoculations)
