Medicine

• What were common methods of treatment in the past?

  Prayers and herbal remedies
• Why did people believe bad air caused disease?

  They thought miasma-smell caused illness
• What was a common superstition related to health?

  Bleeding regularly to avoid illness
• How did physicians treat patients in the past?

  They were trained at universities
• Who were the surgeons in the past?

  Barbers and apprentices
• What was the role of Claudius Galen in medicine?

  His ideas were accepted by the church
• What did Galen prove about the brain?

  It controlled speech, not the heart
• How long did Galen's methods influence medicine?

  For 1500 years
• What was significant about Galen's dissections?

  He was the first to conduct medical research
• What were the main beliefs about disease causation in the past?

  • Punishment from God
  • Bad air (miasma)
  • Astrology
  • Unbalanced humours
  • Superstitions
• What were the differences in training between physicians and surgeons?

  • Physicians: University-trained, treated wealthy
  • Surgeons: Barbers, apprentices, hands-on training
• What were the key contributions of Claudius Galen to medicine?

  • Proved brain controls speech
  • Conducted dissections for research
  • Influenced medicine for 1500 years