Medieval Medicine

If you were ill, what would Hippocrates have said about your humours?

• That they were mixing together

• That you were losing blood

• That they were out of balance

• That they just weren't funny anymore

Which of these is a treatment based on the Four Humours?

• Amputation

• Bloodletting

• Purging

• Trepanning

Who supported Hippocrates' theory of the Four Humours?

• Galen

• Vesalius

• Pasteur

• Harvey

Who controlled peoples' ideas and ways of thinking during the Middle Ages?

• God

• The Church

• The Royal Society

• The NHS

What was Galen's theory about the treatment of disease?

• Theory of the Four Humours

• Theory of Relativity

• Theory of Opposites

• Theory of Germs

Why did flagellants whip themselves?

• To punish each other for their sins

• To prevent God punishing them for their sins

• To burst their buboes

• For "a bit of fun"

Which word means the belief that bad smells in the air cause disease?

• Miasma

• Manure

• Malaria

• Morocco

What was the main cause of disease according to astrologers?

• The Sun

• The Jews

• Gas from volcanoes

• The planets and stars