AQA GCSE History: Health and the People Part 1 Medieval

Who is considered to be the "father of medicine"

• Vesalius
• Pasteur
• Hippocrates
• Sydenham

The promise made by doctors to always give the best treatment is called…?

• The Four Humours
• Hippocratic Oath
• Holy Promise
• Clinical Observation

Which of these was NOT one of the Four Humours?

• Black Bile
• Red bile
• Yellow Bile
• Phlegm

Medieval doctors used astrology, the movement of planets and stars to explain disease

• True
• NOT TRUE

Who was the famous Roman doctor that used many of Hippocrates' ideas?

• Vesalius
• Pasteur
• Galen
• Sydenham

Galen tried to balance out the humours, for exampe he gave hot food to a patient feeling cold. This was called…?

• Theory of the Humours
• Miasma Theory
• Germ Theory
• Theory of Opposites

Which of these was NOT one of Galen's discoveries he made through dissection?

• Brain controls speech
• Blood is carried by arteries and veins
• Blood circulates around the body.

Why did Galen's ideas last for so long? PICK 2 answers

• Because he wrote about "the creator" which fit with Christianity and Islam, making it diffciult to challenge his ideas.
• Because his brother was the Pope.
• Because his ideas were so different from Hipocrates.

Medieval doctors learned that bad air caused disease. What was the name of this theory?

• The Germ Theory
• Spontaneous Generation Theory
• Four Humours Theory
• Miasma Theory

Which of these was NOT a medieval treatment?

• Blood transfusion
• Blood Letting
• Prayer
• Pilgrimage