FHS 1.01 - History of Medicine Primitive Times to Middle Ages

Illness believed to arise by supernatural causes

• Romans

• Ancient Times

• Middle Ages

• Hippocrates

Who was the first female physician?

• Abbess Hildagard

• Hippocrates

• Praxagoras

• Elizabeth Blackwell

Who were the first to require Physicians to pass an exam to become licensed to practice medicine?

• Arabs

• Ancient Chinese

• Ancient Romans

• Dark Age Priests

What did Arab physicians study to help advance medical treatments?

• Pharmacology

• animal anatomy

• the stars

• religious books

In Ancient Rome the treatments used:

• Emphasis on personal hygiene and herbal treatments

• acupuncture

• immunizations

• mummification

The first hospitals were developed in what times?

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient China

• Ancient Greece

Some treatments that were used during ancient Greece?

• Herbal Treatments, restoring balance of the four humors, cleanliness practiced during procedures

• Trepanation, acupuncture, balance of the four humours

• cupping, surgery, massage therapy

• healthy eating and exercise, acupuncture, massage therapy

Praxagoras of Cos discovered:

• that the body needs to be preserved

• the stethoscope

• the four humors

• the difference between arteries and veins

Who discovered the body has a pulse?

• Hippocrates

• Praxagoras of Cos

• Hercules

• Zeus

The ancient Greek promoted ________ to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

• regular sleep patterns, exercise, and healthy diet

• visiting the doctor regularly

• an apple a day

• acupuncture