Mr Martin GCSE Medieval and Early Modern Medicine

Which of these is not a humour?

• Yellow bile

• Black bile

• Green bile

• Blood

What did Galen dissect?

• Pigs and monkeys

• Pigs and humans

• Monkeys and humans

• Humans and chickens

According to the Theory of Opposites, what cures having too much yellow bile?

• Blowing your nose

• Cool liquids and foods

• Spicy food

• Purging

According to the Theory of the Four Humours, how do you balance too much black bile?

• Leeching

• Bleeding

• Cupping

• Purging

What four beliefs about causes of disease were common in medieval times?

• God, Superstition, Four Humours, Germs

• Germs, Superstition, Four Humours, Miasma

• Miasma, Four Humours, Superstition, God

• Germs, Miasma, Superstition, Go

How many hospitals were created in monasteries by the Christian Church in medieval times?

• 500

• 600

• 700

• 800