Medieval Medicine

Question 1

When did the black death arrive in Britain?

Answer 1

1348

Question 2

What is the name of the ideas that cannot be proven or explained by the laws of science?

Answer 2

Supernatural ideaa

Question 3

Name two supernatural ideas

Answer 3

Astrology, religion, superstition all count

Question 4

What is the name of the ideas that can be explained using the laws of science?

Answer 4

Rational ideas

Question 5

Who created the theory of the four humours?

Answer 5

Hippocrates

Question 6

Who created the theory of opposites?

Answer 6

Galen

Question 7

What is the name of the air that was said to make you ill?

Answer 7

Miasma

Question 8

What was the job of apothercaries?

Answer 8

Mix hebs and give them to patients. They were like todays pharmiscists.

Question 9

What was the job of barber surgeons?

Answer 9

Barber surgeons were unqualified barbers who performed operations that were hard to get.

Question 10

What was the job of physicians?

Answer 10

Physicians perfomed tests and examined patients to find out the illness, they did not perform surgery.