Stage 20 Culture Flashcard

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Alexandria was a particularly good place for studying anatomy because:

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Egyptians had gained a limited knowledge of anatomy

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Herophilus was:

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An Alexandrian anatomist

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Early doctors:

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put great emphasis on hygiene, diet, exercise, and bathing

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Every prescription of doctors of the 1st century AD was useful.

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False: many prescriptions were useless, some were harmful.

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Midwives were:

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female doctors who aided women in childbirth

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Greek doctors like Petro:

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insisted on cleanliness, because they wanted to reduce the chance of infection.

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Eratosthenes:

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calculated the circumference of the earth remarkably accurately.

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Did Alexandrian astronomers propose a heliocentric model of the earth?

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True

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All ancient scholars were male.

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False: There were a few documented female scholars.

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Hero invented: The steam turbine, The water heater, astronomy, The flush toilet

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The steam turbine