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What was Hippocrates known for in Greek medicine?
The
Hippocratic Oath
and
humors theory
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What are the four humors according to Hippocrates?
Blood,
yellow bile
,
black bile
, and
phlegm
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What did Hippocrates advocate for in treatment?
Natural
treatments over supernatural ones
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What did Galen study to develop his medical theories?
Gladiator
wounds and animal dissections
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What types of healers existed in the Middle Ages?
Family, priests,
surgeons
, and
doctors
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What treatments were used in the Middle Ages?
Herbs, prayers, and the theory of
opposites
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How did Christianity and Islam influence medicine?
Training
physicians
and establishing
hospitals
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What did people in the Middle Ages believe caused diseases?
God's punishment
and
evil spirits
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What role did nuns play in medieval medicine?
Caring
for
the
sick
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What was the significance of the Hippocratic collection of books?
It contained
symptoms
and
treatments
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What was a common belief about illness in the Middle Ages?
Illness was a punishment from
God
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What were some medical practices in Christianity during the Middle Ages?
Trained
physicians
in
universities
Used
herbal remedies
Nuns cared for the sick
Monks copied and preserved knowledge
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What did people in the Middle Ages believe caused diseases?
God
and the
devil
were blamed
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What was one belief about illness related to the four humors?
Illness occurred when humors were
unbalanced
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What did physicians in the Middle Ages use to diagnose illnesses?
Urine charts
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What was a common treatment used by surgeons in the Middle Ages?
Bleeding
treatments with
leeches
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What types of surgeries were performed in the Middle Ages?
Removing
arrowheads
Removing bone splinters from the
brain
Cauterizing
wounds
Removing tumors
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What natural substances were used as antiseptics in the Middle Ages?
Wine
and
honey
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What invention allowed for mass production of books during the Renaissance?
The
printing press
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What did Harvey prove about the heart in the Renaissance?
The heart
acts
as a pump for blood
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What were the four main everyday treatments during the Renaissance?
Bleeding
Herbal remedies
New ingredients from
abroad
Beel stone
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What was a common belief about the causes of the plague during the Renaissance?
Blamed on
God
and
bad air
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What were the roles of physicians, quacks, and female healers?
Physicians: Trained in
universities
, advised on health
Quacks: Untrained healers selling ineffective remedies
Female healers: Treated families, lacked formal training
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What was a significant public health issue during the Renaissance?
Overcrowding
and
dirt
in towns
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What were some beliefs about the causes of the plague?
Some blamed
God
and
planetary
movements
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How did doctors attempt to prevent the spread of the plague?
By putting victims into
quarantine
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What did people believe caused disease during the Industrial Revolution?
Gods
, spirits, and
bad air
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What treatments were used during the Industrial Revolution?
Herbal remedies
,
prayers
, and diet
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What new surgical techniques emerged during the Industrial Revolution?
Antiseptics
and
ligatures
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What public health improvements were made during the Industrial Revolution?
Aqueducts
and
sewers
were developed
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Who discovered vaccinations using cowpox?
Edward Jenner
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What was the purpose of Jenner's vaccinations?
To protect against
smallpox
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Why were people opposed to vaccinations?
They thought it was against
God's will
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What did Jenner's work lead to globally?
Vaccines
were used
worldwide
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Who proved that bacteria cause diseases?
Louis Pasteur
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What did Robert Koch identify?
Specific
bacteria
causing diseases
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What did Fleming, Florey, and Chain develop?
Antibiotics
, specifically
penicillin
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What did Joseph Lister notice about penicillin?
It killed surrounding
bacteria
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What was the impact of overcrowding in the early 1800s?
High
death rates
due to
disease
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What did the Public Health Act of 1848 aim to address?
The
cholera outbreak
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