Quiz: History of Medicince

The Egyptians were the first know people to keep what source of information?

• Medical records

• Blood type

• finger prints

• Blood Pressure

The Ancient Egyptians believed that the body was a system of channels. If a channel was clogged, the treatment to open the channel was....?

• bloodletting and leeches

• amputation

• trepanation and perfusion

• moxibustion and acupuncture

How was the Ancient Greeks belief different from the previous generations? (Click all that apply)

• They no longer believed in evil spirits cause the disease.

• They believed in the need to treat the whole body.

• Illness was the result of natural causes.

During the dark ages who primarily provided medical attention?

• Monks and Priest

• Barbers

• Blacksmiths

• Knights

Who is the father of medicine?

• Pare

• Hippocrates

• Nightingale

• Blackwell

Acceptance of dissection of the body, invention of the printing press, and a renewed interest in medicine:

• Middle ages

• Dark Ages

• Renaissance

• Egyptians

What oath do doctors have to take?

• Galen's Oath

• The Vesalic Oath

• The Hippocratic Oath

• The patients Oath

Who were the first to use acupuncture therapies?

• Greeks

• Romans

• Chinese

• Egyptians

What did the primitive humans think caused illness and disease?

• bugs

• plants

• supernatural spirits

• blood

The word dissection means act or process of dividing, taking apart?

• True

• False