WorksheetsIslamic Health
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Whose writings did the Islamic World preserve when the Western Roman Empire fell?
Galen
John of Lucca
John Ardenne
John Wycliff
Rhazes identified the difference between which diseases?
Smallpox and Cowpox
Mumps and Measles
chickenpox and measles
Measles and smallpox
Avicenna wrote which book?
The Book of the Dead
The Canons of Medicine
The Book of the Dead
1001 Nights
How many books were there in Cordoba's library?
2000
10000
40000
400,000
Name one advance Muslim doctors made in surgery?
Alcohol as an antiseptic
Opium as a painkiller
Silk sutures
Blood transfusions
Avicenna worked out some illnesses were infectious. What does that mean?
The Humours were out of balance
Miasma caused illness
They were caused by God
Disease could pass from person to person
Which of Galen's ideas did Avicenna challenge?
That every organ had a pulse - not just the heart
That the kidneys were at different levels
The Jaw had two bones
Arteries carried blood
Which Wars brought Christian and Muslim worlds into contact?
100 Years War
Crusades
War of Scottish Independence
7 Years War
Which condition did Avicenna describe in the Canons of Medicine?
Mumps
Syphilis
Anorexia
Cowpox
How many drugs did Avicenna describe in the Canons of Medicine?
100
200
500
760
