Quiz 4

Question 1

deontological text

Answer 1

text defining ethical rules

Question 2

rhizotomos

Answer 2

root cutter

Question 3

reduction

Answer 3

procedure by which dislocated bone is reset

Question 4

sucussion

Answer 4

vigorous shaking procedure to realign vertebrae

Question 5

Rationalism

Answer 5

medical sect espousing need to determine hidden cause of disease

Question 6

empeiria

Answer 6

direct ecperience

Question 7

differential diagnosis

Answer 7

process of distinguishing different diseases by examining shared symptoms

Question 8

sphygmos

Answer 8

pulse

Question 9

diastole

Answer 9

expansion of heart or other organ

Question 10

systole

Answer 10

contraction of heart or other organ

Question 11

Korotkoff sounds

Answer 11

blood flow sounds monitored when taking blood pressure

Question 12

Aesculapius

Answer 12

Roman version of Greek Asclepius, imported to Romed 3rd century BCE

Question 13

Cato the Elder

Answer 13

3rd-2nd century BCE Roman author of work on traditional home remedies

Question 14

Archagathus

Answer 14

first Greek physician at Rome (3rd BCE)

Question 15

Scribonius Largus

Answer 15

1st century CE Roman pharmacists and medical humanist

Question 16

Celsus Tetrad

Answer 16

signs of inflammation (warmth, redness, pain, swelling)

Question 17

humanitas

Answer 17

sense of humanity

Question 18

misericordia

Answer 18

compassion

Question 19

sacramentum

Answer 19

sacred duty or obligation

Question 20

valentudinaria

Answer 20

Roman military field hospitals

Question 21

animaculae

Answer 21

invisible creatures inhabiting marches and associated with epidemic disease

Question 22

Vitruvius

Answer 22

1st century CE Roman architect

Question 23

thermae

Answer 23

public bath

Question 24

calidarium

Answer 24

hot room in public bath

Question 25

tepidarium

Answer 25

warm room in public bath

Question 26

frigidarium

Answer 26

cold room in public bath

Question 27

Cloaca Maxima

Answer 27

main sewer system in Rome

Question 28

Emanationism

Answer 28

theory that invisible particles radiating from objects have both physical and emotional effects

Question 29

animaculae

Answer 29

invisible creatures that inhabit swamps and produce noxious vapors

Question 30

koinotetes

Answer 30

Methodist similarities between present symptoms and known diseases

Question 31

status strictus

Answer 31

condition caused by impeded flow of particles through body tissues

Question 32

status relaxus

Answer 32

condition caused by rapid flow of particles through body tissues

Question 33

diatriton

Answer 33

Methodist theory of three stages of disease and three-day course of treatment

Question 34

metasynkrisis

Answer 34

induced rational change in a patient’s constitution

Question 35

pica

Answer 35

desire to eat abnormal substances as food

Question 36

natural faculties

Answer 36

innate metabolic functions according to Galen (attraction, assimilation, excretion, growth)