WorksheetsGallenic and Hippocratic Medicine
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Hippocrates lived in which time period?
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Egypt
The Middle Ages
Hippocrates championed what kind of health care did Hippocrates champion?
Public Health
Natural Medicine
Supernatural Medicine
Surgery
Doctors today swear the Hippocratic Oath. What to they promise?
Charge a fair amount
To do no harm
Work for free
Do what the patient wants.
Hippocrates said that clinical observation was key for doctors. What does that mean?
Consulting the Gods
One doctors checks on another
Look at the patient to see what their symptoms are.
Cast a horror scope and observe the results.
Apart from Blood and Phlegm, what were the other two Humours in the Theory of 4 Humours?
Red Bile and Yellow Bile
Black Bile and Yellow Bile
Yellow Bile and Red Bile
Grey Bile and Green Bilev
In the Theory of Four Humours what made someone sick?
Channels became blocked
Humours were in balance
Humours were out of balance
Spells had made them ill
Greeks believed Humours could be affected by what?
The Seasons
The Age a person was
The Gods
The Tides
Galen lived in the Roman Empire. Where was he born?
Greece
Rome
Egypt
Gaul
Galen did which job In Pergamum which helped him understand anatomy?
Doctor to the Emperor
Butcher
Mummy Maker
Doctor of the Gladiator
When studying in Alexandria, how did Galen discover more details of anatomy?
Entered tombs and looked at bodies.
Doctor to Gladiators
Doctor to Emperor
Made Mummies
Galen wasn't allowed to dissect humans. What did he dissect?
Pigs
Dogs
Elephants
Horses
Galen developed 4 Humours with the idea of Opposites. What did that mean?
You did the opposite to what the patient wanted
Cut the person from the opposite side.
Gave them the opposite thing to the out of balance humour.
You opposed the humour by adding more of it.
Galen's thought what about [Laudable] pus?
It showed the body was ill
It showed the body was healing itself
It showed the Humours were out of balance
The patient needed laudanum.
Why did the church support Galen?
Galen was a christian
Galen seemed to support the idea of the Christian God
Galen was a priest
Galen only talked about Supernatural cures
Galen was not allowed to dissect so he made mistakes like...
People had two livers
The Jaw Bone was made up of two bones
One kidney was higher than another
Blood was made in the liver and burnt up in the muscles
