Rational Explanations

Question 1

State the four humours which Hippocrates believed the body was made up of.

Answer 1

Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile.

Question 2

Explain the miasma theory.

Answer 2

The miasma theory was the idea that bad air (bad smells) would cause disease. This encouraged general cleanliness and was so influential that it lasted until the 1860s.

Question 3

Name the two who were the most influential about medieval medicine.

Answer 3

Hippocrates and Galen.