medicine booklet 1/4

Question 1

what was saint Anthony’s disease

Answer 1

caused by fungus growing on rye in damp conditions- made into bread and caused rashes or even death

Question 2

what percentage of England died from diseases such as Dysentery, typhoid, smallpox and measles

Answer 2

10%

Question 3

what percent of kids died before age 7

Answer 3

30%

Question 4

what was a common cure for rheumatism (aching and swelling joints)

Answer 4

wearing a donkey skin

Question 5

what was a cure for asthma

Answer 5

swallow young frogs

Question 6

what was a cure for ringworm

Answer 6

wash hair in male urine

Question 7

what is Bald’s Leechbook

Answer 7

10th century medical text

Question 8

what did Hippocrates encourage doctors did with their patients symptoms

Answer 8

recommend to record them

Question 9

what natural substances did the Greeks use in 400BC

Answer 9

garlic, vinegar and honey

Question 10

who in 400BC realised that diet, exercise and fresh water was important to good health

Answer 10

Hippocrates

Question 11

what is the Hippocratic corpus

Answer 11

a collection of over 60 books written by Hippocrates and other greek doctors, noting symptoms, treatments and their effectiveness

Question 12

what idea did Galen have in 150AB

Answer 12

using opposites to treat illness e.g. fever- too much yellow bile, patient suggested to drink cool liquid and eat cold foods

Question 13

was Galen greek or romam

Answer 13

roman

Question 14

was hippocrates greek or roman

Answer 14

greek

Question 15

Galen was chief physician at which gladiator school

Answer 15

Pergamum

Question 16

when (roughly) did Galen discover that if the spinal cord was cut, there would be no movement below the cut

Answer 16

150AD

Question 17

what was one of Galens major discoveries which disproved the common belief that urine was formed in the bladder

Answer 17

that urine was produced in the kidneys

Question 18

who discovered that arteries carry blood in 150AD

Answer 18

Galen

Question 19

what did Galens books teach

Answer 19

dissection to better understand the body

Question 20

how many centuries did Galens theories remain after his death

Answer 20

15 centuries

Question 21

when was Galens drawing of the heart studied until

Answer 21

the 16th century

Question 22

what were the 4 humours

Answer 22

blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile

Question 23

what 4 people would treat the sick in medieval times

Answer 23

barber surgeon, apothecary, wise woman, lady of the house

Question 24

how did a barbers surgeon have to be trained

Answer 24

as an apprentice

Question 25

what kind of operations did barbers surgeons perform

Answer 25

minor ones, set broken bones and pulled teeth

Question 26

how many years was the apprenticeship to be an apothecary

Answer 26

7 years

Question 27

an apothecary would sell simples, what are they

Answer 27

a medicine made of one herb or compounds which were a combo of ingredients

Question 28

what simple was used to treat smallpox

Answer 28

red rose and bamboo juice

Question 29

who did wise woman get their skills from

Answer 29

wisdom and skills handed down by family

Question 30

what were wise woman

Answer 30

were reasonably priced, and usually knew patient, acted as midwives

Question 31

what was the lady of the house expected to do

Answer 31

provide medical care for her family and workers

Question 32

what herbal remedy was recommend for headaches

Answer 32

camomile tea and rest on lavender scented pillows

Question 33

what herbal remedy was recommended for aching joints

Answer 33

ointments made of herbs

Question 34

why was toothache treated by hot rods in the cavities

Answer 34

because people thought tooth ache was caused by a tooth worm

Question 35

what were two methods for bleeding people

Answer 35

cupping (slicing a vein), or leeches

Question 36

up to how many times were some monks bled each day

Answer 36

up to 8 times

Question 37

what did medieval people think made them ill

Answer 37

god, bad smells(miasma), everyday life, the supernatural, the 4 humours

Question 38

what two tools were mainly used for diagnosing illnesses

Answer 38

urine charts- doctor would compare and smell or taste it | zodiac charts- showed which body parts linked to astrological sign-would say how to treat

Question 39

what was John Ardernes success rate in the 14th century

Answer 39

50%

Question 40

where did John Arderne train as a surgeon

Answer 40

london

Question 41

when was john arderne born

Answer 41

1307

Question 42

in which war and for whom did john arderne work

Answer 42

Duke of Gaunt in the 100 years war

Question 43

what were some of John ardernes painkilling oitments

Answer 43

hemlock, opium and henbane- helped stop need for cauterising

Question 44

when did Johnarderne write The Practice of Surgery

Answer 44

1350

Question 45

what did John arderne say in the practice of surgery

Answer 45

have a good bedside manner talk calmly to patient trust own judgement, not rely on old hippocrates and galen texts

Question 46

what religous thing did people do when they were ill

Answer 46

buy indulgences (special prayer) and go on a pilgrimage to special shrines for a cure

Question 47

what were some pilgramages in engalnd

Answer 47

canterbuty walssingham glastonbury priory at bridlington

Question 48

how many hospitals were set up by the church in the 12th and 13th centuriees

Answer 48

over 160

Question 49

what did the church set up in europe where physicians trained using galen and hippocrates texts

Answer 49

university schools of medicine

Question 50

why did the church limit progress in understanding the human body

Answer 50

church insisted galens work (on disection and involving animals) should be used,

Question 51

give an example of someone who was arrested for challenging the work of galen

Answer 51

roger bacon, an oxford lecturer who questioned churhcs stance on galen

Question 52

what was cauterisation replaced by

Answer 52

wine as an antiseptic to clean wounds, and john ardernes pain relieving ointment

Question 53

what was used as a painkiller

Answer 53

opium

Question 54

what was the arrow cup

Answer 54

a tool used for removing arrows with less damage

Question 55

what was the wound man

Answer 55

a diagram produced to help surgeons

Question 56

who, along with oxford university encouraged scientific enquiry and experiment

Answer 56

Robert Grosseteste and later Bishop of Lincoln

Question 57

what did Bishop Lanfranc do

Answer 57

constructed a whose and split into 2 one half for ill men one half for ill women had clothing and daily food

Question 58

what were some rules of a hospital in bridgewater in 1215

Answer 58

no lepers, lunatics, contagious diseases, no pregnant women, no sucking infants

Question 59

when was st bartholomews hospital, London

Answer 59

1123

Question 60

what did st bartholomews hospital specialise in

Answer 60

treatment of poor, pregnant women

Question 61

when was st mary of bethlehem hospital

Answer 61

1247

Question 62

what were churches like

Answer 62

basically care homes to provide warmth, food and rest until you felt better

Question 63

who were most churches funded by

Answer 63

the church or rich people

Question 64

who, where and when was St giles hospital set up

Answer 64

in Norwhich by Bishop walter de suffield in 1249

Question 65

were women allowed in saint giles hospital

Answer 65

nooooooooo

Question 66

who did the St mary of bethlehem hospital specialise in

Answer 66

''poor and silly people''

Question 67

who was the care in medieval hospitals carried out by

Answer 67

nuns or elderly women

Question 68

what was the main treatment in the medieval hospitals

Answer 68

main treatment was prayer

Question 69

how many times did coventries council ban waste disposal in the river sherbourne between 1421 and 1475

Answer 69

9 times