Medicine through time
Cards (64)
- In which period did Galen develop his ideas?
- Who created the Theory of the Four Humours?
- What were the Four Humours?
- What idea about illness is related to infected air?
- How was astrology used in Medieval medicine?
- What was the Theory of Opposites?
- What was the most common form of treatment in Medieval medicine?
- What was the role of hospitals in Medieval times?
- Which herbs were commonly found in remedies?
- Who controlled literacy and education in Medieval times?
- When did the Black Death occur?
- What did flagellants do to prevent the Black Death?
- What actions were ordered by the king to prevent the Black Death?
- What did quarantine laws entail during the Black Death?
- Which Medieval healer mixed herbal remedies?
- Which Medieval healer performed simple surgery?
- How did physicians acquire their knowledge in the Renaissance?
- Who was most likely to treat the sick in the Renaissance?
- What diagnostic method was no longer used in the Renaissance?
- What was the Royal Society and when was it formed?
- When was the printing press invented?
- Why was Thomas Sydenham significant?
- Why was Vesalius significant?
- Why was dissection legalized?
- What significant discovery did William Harvey make?
- What is Transference?
- What is a pomander?
- Why did Plague Doctors wear masks?
- Which new technology led to the belief in tiny animals causing illness?
- What does anatomy mean?
- Which factor gained more influence than in the Medieval period?
- What was the Great Plague and when did it occur?
- What did people believe caused the Great Plague?
- How did people attempt to prevent the Black Death?
- Who invented the first vaccine?
- What was the first vaccine for?
- What was spontaneous generation?
- What is Louis Pasteur's germ theory and when was it proposed?
- Why was Germ Theory not initially accepted?
- What did Robert Koch discover?