medieval medicine 1000-1500

Question 1

what did Hippocrates discover?

Answer 1

created the theory of four humours,hippocratic oath, and used careful observation

Question 2

short term impact of hippocrates discovery

Answer 2

bleeding was used to balance out the humours. it was the first natural theory (not just focusing on god)

Question 3

long term impact of hippocrates discovery

Answer 3

believed for 1000 years. Galen supported him and was supported by the church. Hippocratic oath is used today

Question 4

What did Galen discover?

Answer 4

used four humours to create the theory of opposites.
practiced dissections on animals to have an idea about human body as human dissection was banned

Question 5

short impact of Galen’s discovery

Answer 5

if you are hot eat something cold to balance out the liquids. Supported Hippocrates. Believed by the church as he believed in one creator

Question 6

long term impact of Galens discovery

Answer 6

Not challenged until the renaissance period.
brain controlled the body was correct

Question 7

what did Avicenna discover?

Answer 7

Islamic medicine. Wrote the book Healing, of Canon of Medicine

Question 8

short term impact of Avicenna discovery

Answer 8

the canon listed 760 drugs

Question 9

long term impact of Avicenna discovery

Answer 9

printed in Europe at least 60 times in Renaissance period

Question 10

Ibn al-Nafis discovery?

Answer 10

Galen was wrong about how the heart worked as it did no go via the lungs

Question 11

short term impact of Ibn al-Nafis discovery?

Answer 11

could not prove his ideas as islam do not allow dissection. books not read in the west.

Question 12

long term impact of Ibn al-Nafis discovery?

Answer 12

europeans continued to accept Galens mistake until the seventeenth century

Question 13

what did Rhazes discover?

Answer 13

Islamic medicine. Found the difference between smallpox and measles through careful observation

Question 14

short term impact if Rhazes discovery?

Answer 14

followed Galen but was critical of one of his books. Scientific method used

Question 15

long term impact of Rhazes discovery

Answer 15

wrote over 150 books

Question 16

what did Abulcasis discover?

Answer 16

Muslim Surgeon who invented 26 new surgical instruments, made cauterisation popular

Question 17

short term impact of Abulcasis discovery

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made cauterisation popular. This was using a hot iron to burn blood vessels back together to stop bleeding

Question 18

long term impact of Abulcasis discovery

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wrote a 30 volume medical book ‘Al Tasnif’ to spread his ideas. Cauterisation used until renaissance

Question 19

what did Roger Bacon do?

Answer 19

challenged the Catholic Church, spread anti Church views

Question 20

short term impact of Roger Bacon

Answer 20

started to use scientific methods

Question 21

long term impact of Roger Bacon

Answer 21

encourages challenges to the church

Question 22

what did John Ardene discover?

Answer 22

first English surgeon, removed growths from anus, treated fistulas (swellings inside the body) told doctors how to behave, found healing ointment used hemlock, henbane and opium instead of cauterisation