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WorksheetsMedieval Medicine
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Galen couldn't dissect humans. How did he study anatomy?
Going into Egyptian tombs
Studying Gladiator wounds
Dissecting animals
All of the above
Who copied books in the Middle Ages and so controlled what was copied?
Knights
Monks
Secretaries
Bishops
The church promoted which language which enabled doctors to across Europe to communicate?
Greek
Latin
French
Spanish
How did Medieval people explain the Black Death? Pick 3
Black Rat
Punishment from God
Planets in the wrong order
Poisoned water
Fleas
Which one of these is NOT one of the four humours?
Black bile
Phlegm
Red bile
Yellow bile
Which of these methods was used to balance the four humours?
Bloodletting
Amputation
Vomitting
Cauterisation
Who is this?
Galen
Hippocrates
Louis Pasteur
William Harvey
The church accepted Galen's writings and work on the human body?
True
False
Why did people accept Galen's ideas for so long?
No other alternatives
He was well respected
They couldn't dissect humans
All of the suggested reasons
Which of the following was a belief for disease in the period?
Bad hygiene
Bad smells
Bad weather
Bad lifestyle
Where did the sick and elderly go for support in medieval times?
Hospitals
Monasteries
The Manor
Palaces
Why did people believe God was the reason for disease?
To make them grateful
To punish them
To spare others
To praise them
Which of the following are true about a Medieval house?
Everyone slept in one roome
It was made from wood and mud
Animals stayed in the house too
All of the points
Which of the following did Hippocrates not believe in?
Clinical observation
Diet and rest
Treating the body as separate parts
Four Humours
Which of the following is not true?
Doctors take a Hippocratic oath?
Hippocrates was known as the Father of Medicine
60 books are attributed to Hippocarates
Hippocrates was influenced by Galen
