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When was Hippocrates alive?

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460 BC - 370 BC

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How many books in the Hippocratic collection?

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60 books

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When was Galen alive?

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130 AD - 200 AD

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How many books did Galen write and what were they based on?

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300 books on anatomical theories

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When was Abulcasis alive?

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936 AD - 1013

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What did Abulcasis write and when?

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Al Tasrif in 1000

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When was Guy de Chauliac alive?

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1300-1368

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What did Guy de Chauliac write and when?

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Great surgery 1363

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When was Roger Frugardi alive?

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1140-1195

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What did Roger Frugardi write and when?

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Practice of surgery in 1180

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When was John of Arderne alive?

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1307-1392

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What did John of Arderne write and when?

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Practica in 1376

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What significant group did john of Arderne form?

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The guild of surgeons

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When was Theodoric of Lucca alive?

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1205-1296

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Why was Theodoric of Lucca’s book controversial?

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Argued that pus was bad and used wine on wounds to reduce chance of infection

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When was Mondino alive?

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1270-1326

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What did Mondino do?

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Held a public dissection in 1315 and wrote Anathomia in 1316

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When was Rhazes alive?

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854 AD

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How many books did Rhazes write?

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150 books

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When was Avicenna alive?

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980-1037

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What did Avicenna do?

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Translated works into Arabic so they reached Western Europe

22
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When was Ibn-al-Nafis alive?

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1213-1288

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What did Ibn-al-Nafis do?

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Discovered Galen was wrong about the workings of the heart.

24
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Black Death- when

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1346-1353

25
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Law passed, no animal waste in streets.

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1330

26
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Law passed, no killing large animals inside London city walls.

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1371

27
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Law, those who used the river to pay annual cleaning fee

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1374

28
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People would be fined £20 for disposing into rivers

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1388

29
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Waste collection begins in Coventry

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1420

30
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Space in front of houses in Coventry to be cleaned every Saturday or pay a fine

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1421

31
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What was Galen’s theory?

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Theory of opposites

32
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What famous experiment did Galen carry out?

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Cut a pigs nerves, proved brain controlled voice and movement not heart

33
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Barber surgeons provided what it a smaller price?

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Bloodletting, removing teeth and cutting hair

34
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What did barber surgeons need to practice?

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An apprenticeship

35
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Doctors trained for…

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Seven years at university- only reading and discussing

36
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Treatments?

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Bloodletting, purging, clearing miasma, praying, amputation, bloodletting, trepanning

37
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What were the risks of surgery?

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Bleeding/shock/infection

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John of Arderne’s anaesthetic:

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opium, henbane and hemlock. Dangerous with a big dose

39
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What was cauterisation?

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Hot oil poured on wound to treat “poison” from gunshot wounds.

40
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How many new surgical instruments from Abulcasis?

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26 new surgical instruments

41
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Where did John of Arderne get experience?

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Hundred year war, specialised in anal abscesses

42
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Islam taught:

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For every disease, allah has made a cure

43
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Islamic hospitals…

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Treated AND taught

44
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Rhazes encouraged:

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Keen observation and new ideas

45
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London population change

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15,000 in 1100 to 80,000 in 1300

46
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Wood/lead pipes installed to assist with water demand

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Bad because lead poisoned

47
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How many dead from Black Death?

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75-200 million

48
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How much of England killed

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1/3 of England

49
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How much of chinas population

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50% of china

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How much of Europe’s population?

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30-40% of population

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