WorksheetsMedicine - Medieval to Industrial
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 38mins
What were doctors called during the Middle Ages?
Doctors
Physicians
Quacks
Apothecarists
Name one hospital established in the Middle Ages.
Guy's
Coram's Foundling
Doncaster Royal
St Bartholomew's
The Black Death killed as much as ____ of the European population.
80%
20%
50%
40%
Which physician is most closely associated with the theory of the four humours?
Galen
Vesalius
Harvey
Hippocrates
Where would you go for a herbal remedy?
Trained Physician
Apothecary
Barber Surgeon
Pharmacy
Which one of these was not thought to be a cause of the Black Death?
God
The Planets
Germs
Miasma
Which medical practice involved opening a vein or applying leeches to draw blood?
Bleeding
Purging
Trapping
Cupping
What were hospitals linked to in the Middle Ages?
Parish churches
Monasteries or nunneries
Ale houses
Manor Houses
What would you commonly find in a medieval hospital ward?
Women
An altar
Dissection table
Operating Theater
What was the name given to people in the Middle Ages who whipped themselves to prevent catching the Black Death?
Sinners
Whippets
Flagellants
Pilgrims
In terms of public health in the towns during the Middle Ages, what did people believe at a local level?
Not their role to ensure good hygiene for others
Everyone should have a bath each day
Role was to protect people from disease
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Why did the Church like Galen's work?
Supported the Ten Commandments
Supported the story of Adam and Eve
Supported the 'design theory' (that God designed humans)
Supported the resurrection
Who taught the importance of clinical observation?
Harvey
Galen
Hippocrates
Vesalius
What made up the four humours
Blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile
Blood, sweat, black bile, yellow bile
Blood, mucus, red bile, yellow bile
Blood, phlegm, black bile, sweat
Whose medical texts did the Church approve in the Middle Ages?
Galen
Harvey
Vesalius
Harvey
What did Edward Jenner use for his vaccination?
pus from cows
pus from cowpox sores
scabs from cowpox
pus from milkmaids sores
What problem did Jenner face with his vaccination?
No one used it
He could not explain how it worked
He could not afford to develop it
No-one listened to him
What problems did smallpox cause?
Death, blindness and scarring of the skin
Death, fits and spots
Death, high temperature and flu like symptoms
Death, scarring of the skin and vomiting
When was vaccination of children made compulsory?
1798
1802
1840
1853
Edwin Chadwick proved poor conditions lead to bad health. How old was the average age of death of working person in Liverpool in 1842?
15
17
19
21
Where did Florence help British soldiers?
Trafalgar
Star wars
Spanish war
Crimean war
Who discovered the effects of chloroform?
Joseph Lister
Robert Koch
James Simpson
Louie Pasteur
When were the effects of chloroform discovered?
1847
1487
1784
1874
What is meant by the word “anaesthetic”?
Something that reduces or removes blood loss
Something that reduces or removes infection
Something that reduces or removes pain
Something that increases pain
Find one reason why chloroform could be problematic.
It was flammable
It causes vomiting
It was difficult to get the dose right
It could cause lung irritation
Find the positive impact of chloroform in surgery.
It could sometimes cause heart attacks.
Easy to overdose a patient and kill them.
Patients no longer moved around during operations.
Queen Victoria used chloroform when giving birth to her son.
Which other doctor was Koch's great rival?
Fleming
Ehrlich
Pasteur
Jenner
What was Koch's area of study?
Identifying bacteria
Vaccination
Surgery
Anatomy
What substance did Lister decide to use to try make surgery safer?
Ether
Carbolic Acid
Chloroform
Salvarsan 606
What was Lister's death rate from infection before aseptic surgery?
26%
36%
46%
56%
To what rate did Lister manage to reduce his death rate from infection after using carbolic?
5%
10%
15%
20%
Which Army hospital did Nightingale take nurses to during the Crimean War?
Scutari
Istanbul
Sevastapool
Fleetwood
What did Florence do when she returned to England?
went to the bank
went to school
opened a training school for nurses
went to the park
How did she improve the hospital?
She brought in a lot of medicines.
She cleaned the beds and she used clean bandages.
She carried a lamp and walked around.
Who read 'germ theory' and linked it to infection in surgery?
Joseph Lister
Robert Koch
Louis Pasteur
John Snow
In what year was the first British Public Health Act passed?
1837
1842
1848
1854
1858
Who proved that cholera was spread through contaminated water?
Edwin Chadwick
John Snow
William Farr
Joseph Bazalgette
Louis Pasteur
When was the second British Public Health Act passed?
1854
1858
1865
1875
1880
Who wrote "Report on the Sanitary conditions of the Labouring Population" in 1842?
Edwin Chadwick
John Snow
William Farr
Joseph Bazalgette
Louis Pasteur
Cow Pox vaccine created for Smallpox by Edward Jenner
16th & 17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
First half of 20th Century
Which of these was not an idea about the cause of illness in the Renaissance?
Miasma
Planets
Imbalanced humours
Germs
What was cauterisation?
Stitching a wound
Burning a wound
Cleaning a wound
Leaving a wound
Who wrote the "Fabric of the Human Body"?
Vesalius
Harvey
Sydenham
Galen
Who's work led to a much greater understanding of the circulatory system?
Andreas Vesalius
Thomas Sydenham
William Harvey
Hippocrates
Which event allowed a greater scientific approach to develop by weakening the control of The Church?
The Reformation
The Restoration
The Restitution
The Revolution
What is meant by 'Renaissance'?
Restructure
Recreate
Revolutionary
Rebirth
Ideas from which time periods became fashionable again?
Phoenician and Egyptian
Greek and Roman
Saxon and Norman
Roman and Norman
Which influential individual began to be challenged?
Hippocratres
Galen
Sydenham
Harvey
What combined with printing meant that accurate information could be spread much faster?
New Artistic Techniques
New Typing Skills
Greater Faith
New Microscopes
Which of these centuries did not form part of the Renaissance period?
17th
16th
18th
15th
Which organisation was set up to share new ideas and promote a scientific approach?
The Protestant Church
The Royal Society
The Witan
The Society of Scientific Affairs
What nickname was given to Thomas Sydenham?
The Scottish Hippocrates
The English Galen
The Scottish Galen
The English Hippocrates
How many of Galen's errors were corrected by Vesalius?
20
50
200
220
Which area of medicine saw the most progress during the Renaissance?
Surgery
Anatomy
Knowledge of Disease
Public Health
In which year did the Plague return?
1662
1663
1664
1665
Which event is thought to have helped end the Plague outbreak?
The Great Fire of London
The execution of Anne Boleyn
The Peasants Revolt
The Spanish Armada
What advice did Sydenham give to young doctors?
Wear gloves
Wash your hands
Visit the patients bedside and keep careful records
always balance the humours
Why is this statement wrong? The Renaissance was a time of significant progress in all areas of medicine?
Life expectancy did not really change.
The key discoveries were only in the area of anatomy.
There was still no accurate knowledge of the true cause of disease.
All of the above.
What were coins soaked in to try to stop the spread of Plague?
Urine
Blood
Vinegar
Wine
Which disease did some people in the Renaissance believe could be cured by being touched by the King?
Scarlet Fever
Scrofula
Small Pox
Plague
Which statement most accurately describes the approach of physicians during the Renaissance.
Religion became less influential and a scientific approach increasingly developed.
Religion lost all influence and everyone used science.
Physicians continued to rely heavily upon religion.
Physicians continued to believe that Galen was correct.
In which year were bodies first directed in Cambridge?
1465
1645
1546
1565
Why did William Harvey dissect cold blooded animals?
Their hearts beat slowly and so are easier to observe.
Their hearts beat slowly and so they don't feel pain.
Their hearts beat slowly and so they are less likely to bleed everywhere.
They aren't mammals so no one cares about them.
Who did not dissect human bodies?
William Harvey
Andreas Vesalius
Thomas Sydenham
All of the above.
Who demonstrated a scientific approach to their work?
Andreas Vesalius
Thomas Sydenham
William Harvey
All of the above.
