YR 9 - Medicine Knowledge Questions

Question 1

Give two reasons why people believed God sent diseases.

Answer 1

Sin / test of faith

Question 2

Name two other things people in the period c1250–c1500 believed caused disease. (2)

Answer 2

Miasma / position of planets / 4 humours

Question 3

What was the name for advice on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle? (1)

Answer 3

Regimen Sanitatis

Question 4

What English doctor refused to rely on medicine books and instead encouraged observation? (1)

Answer 4

Thomas Sydenham

Question 5

Name one way the printing press influenced change? (1)

Answer 5

Spread ideas faster / share ideas / took publishing out of the hands of the church

Question 6

How did the Royal society help improve medical knowledge? (1)

Answer 6

Help scientists / physicians share ideas.

Question 7

What event saw a re-birth in learning. (1)

Answer 7

The Renaissance

Question 8

What is iatrochemistry? (1)

Answer 8

Combining of chemicals to cure a disease

Question 9

Name one change that occurred for apothecaries between 1500-1700 (1)

Answer 9

• Guild system
• 7 years practicing as a journey man training under a master apothecary

Question 10

Name one change that occurred for physicians between 1500-1700. (1)

Answer 10

• New subjects studied like iatrochemistry / anatomy
  ↳ New books
  ↳ New ideas
  ↳ Observation

Question 11

Name one way Vesalius challenged Galen’s ideas (1)

Answer 11

• The human lower jaw was in one part, not two
• The vena cava (the main vein leading out of the heart) did not lead to the liver - Men did not have one fewer pair of ribs than women
• The human liver did not have five separate lobes
• The human breastbone was in three parts

Question 12

Name one way William Harvey challenged Galen (1)

Answer 12

• Circulation / Blood not from liver