MEDIEVAL CORE

Question 1

What theory did Hyppocrates develop

Answer 1

Theory of 4 humors

Question 2

What theory did Galen develop

Answer 2

Theory of the opposites

Question 3

Where did people pilgrimage to when often sick

Answer 3

Santiago di Compostela

Question 4

How many hospitals did the church provide in the UK

Answer 4

400

Question 5

What book did Ibn Sina write

Answer 5

Cannon of medicine (used until 1600s , 26 new surgical instruments)

Question 6

What was the survival rate for John Arderns surgeries

Answer 6

50%

Question 7

What did Hugh Luca discover

Answer 7

Pouring wine on wounds prevented infection

Question 8

How much were people expected to pay for breaking the law in 1388 that demanded people not to thow garbage outside of their house

Answer 8

£20

Question 9

How many people died from the Black death in 18 months

Answer 9

1.5 million

Question 10

How did people attempt to cure it

Answer 10

Flagellants whipped themselves while others strapped live chickens on the buboes

Question 11

What surgical instrument was developed by the barber surgeon

Answer 11

The fleam

Question 12

Communication during the medieval period

Answer 12

1) Herbal remedies were often passed around word of mouth through multiple generations
2) Ideas from Galen and Hyppocrates were passed down and spread through books(only monks could read them)

Question 13

What did King Edward I complain about in 1298

Answer 13

He complained that unhygienic conditions in York were a danger to his soldiers preparing for invasion

Question 14

What proclamation did the mayor of Coventry create in 1421

Answer 14

Every man had to clean the street outside their house on a Saturday or face a fine of 12p

Question 15

What did the council also do in 1420

Answer 15

They designated waste disposal locations such as the dunghill outside the city as Greyfriar Gate

Question 16

How did Balds Leechbook fit in the factor of luck

Answer 16

It has been recreated in modern laboratories and they were found to be at least as effective as modern medicines combating the MRSA bug

Question 17

How were wise women and apocatheries lucky

Answer 17

They often stumbled upon blends of herbs that cured some ilnesses

Question 18

How did war help the western world gain medical knowledge

Answer 18

Western armies often bought back knowledge from the Crusades from libaries of the Caliphs having fought the muslims in the east

Question 19

How did the medieval battlefield help medical knowledge progress

Answer 19

The painful way in which battlefield ampuations were carried out meant that there was progress in the development of anaesthetics and antiseptic by surgeons e.g John Arderne developed painkillers after starting out as a battlefield surgeon in the 1340s

Question 20

What diseases did Rhazes accuratley describe

Answer 20

smallpox , measles

Question 21

How did Islamic faith hinder the development of medicine

Answer 21

Islamic law forbids the dissection of human bodies and many muslims believed all knowledge was contained in the Koran so there was little point trying to discover new things

Question 22

What saint , if prayed to , would cure your difficult pregnancy

Answer 22

St John of Bridlington

Question 23

What was the name of the monk put in prison for saying doctors should do original research and not trust everything in old texts

Answer 23

Roger Bacon (1200s)

Question 24

Who is Guy de Chaulic and why is he important

Answer 24

A french surgeon who dominated French and English surgery for 200 years. He wrote a book called Great Surgery in 1363

Question 25

What did John Arderne use as his painkillers

Answer 25

Opium , Hemlock

Question 26

What book did John Arderne write in 1350

Answer 26

Practise of Surgery which he advised doctors to have a calm bedside manner and urged them to use their judgement instead of Hippocrates and Galen

Question 27

What did Ibn Nafis disagree on with Galen

Answer 27

How blood moves around the body