Health and the People Quizzes

1. Health and the People Quizzes

2. Quiz 1: Ancient Medicine

3. 1) Which time period came first; Ancient Egyptians, Ancient Greeks or Romans?

4. 2) Who developed the Theory of the Four Humours?

5. 3) Where did Greek people go for healing (clue, named after Greek God of Healing)?

6. 4) According to the Theory of the Four Humours, when was someone ill?

7. 5) Which of these was NOT one of the humours; Black Bile, Blue Bile or Yellow Bile?

8. 6) What theory did Galen discover to build on the Theory of the Four Humours?

9. 7) What animal did Galen complete experiments on to show that the brain controlled the nervous system?

10. 8) What was the name of the Romans’ big idea, which involved ensuring good cleanliness and hygiene?

11. 9) Medicine in Roman times was more advanced than medicine in the Middle Ages. True or False?

12. 10) What was the Ancient Egyptians main idea about the cause of disease, based around the River Nile?

13. Quiz 1: Answers • Ancient Egyptians • Hippocrates • Asclepion • Out of Balance • Blue Bile • Theory of the Opposites • Pig • Public Health • True • Blocked Channels

14. Quiz 2: Medieval Medicine

15. 1) What name do we give to the period following the collapse of the Roman Empire?

16. 2) Which institution preserved the work of Galen and Hippocrates?

17. 3) Who would most people with money go to see for treatment if they were ill or injured?

18. 4) Which idea developed by Hippocrates was highly influential throughout the Middle Ages?

19. 5) What were made at apothecaries?

20. 6) Who did many people in the Middle Ages believe caused disease?

21. 7) Who was the most famous English medieval doctor and surgeon?

22. 8) What deadly disease struck England in 1348?

23. 9) Christian medicine was more developed than Islamic medicine at this time. True or False?

24. 10) The church set up hospitals and universities to help medicine. True or False?

25. Quiz 2: Answers • Dark Ages • Church • Barber Surgeon • Theory of the Four Humours • Herbal Remedies • God • John Arderne • Black Death • False • True

26. Quiz 3: Medieval Public Health

27. 1) Who was the Roman doctor who developed the Theory of the Opposites?

28. 2) What was the main form of treatment you would receive from monks or friars at a hospital?

29. 3) In what year did the Black Death arrive in England?

30. 4) Who did many people believe sent the Black Death as a punishment?

31. 5) Which minority group were blamed by many for causing the Black Death?

32. 6) Where were most medieval hospitals based?

33. 7) Who punished themselves by whipping themselves as an attempt to get rid of the Black Death?

34. 8) What did many medieval towns have to help to improve people’s cleanliness and hygiene?

35. 9) Disease spread quickly in medieval towns because houses were cramped together.True or False?

36. 10) Where did medicine continue to develop during the European Dark Ages?

37. Quiz 3: Answers • Galen • Prayer • 1348 • God • Jews • Church • Flagellants • Bath Houses • True • Arab / Islamic world

38. Quiz 4: Renaissance Individuals

39. 1) Who was the first person to challenge the work of Galen in the Renaissance?

40. 2) Who discovered that the heart was a pump?

41. 3) Who was nicknamed the English Hippocrates?

42. 4) Who developed ligatures, silk threads, to be used in surgery?

43. 5) Which Scottish surgeon was the father of scientific surgery and trained many doctors?

44. 6) Who developed a vaccination for smallpox?

45. 7) Which French surgeon developed the first prosthetic limbs?

46. 8) Who published the book De HumaniCorporisFabrica in 1543?

47. 9) Supporters of who challenged the work of William Harvey?

48. 10) Who placed increased importance on the aspect of observation?

49. Quiz 4: Answers • Andreas Vesalius • William Harvey • Thomas Sydenham • Ambroise Pare • John Hunter • Edward Jenner • Ambroise Pare • Andreas Vesalius • Galen • Thomas Sydenham

50. Quiz 5: Renaissance Medicine