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1500AD
What did the Ancient Egyptians call
their king?
STOP THE CLOCK!
The Pharaoh.
Which medical idea developed from
watching the Nile?
Channel theory.
Why did Egyptians have some basic
knowledge of anatomy?
They mummified their dead.
Why did the Ancient Egyptians
want their corpses preserved?
For use in the afterlife.
Name the Egyptian goddess of war
and bringer of plagues.
Sekhmet.
How did Egyptian doctors pass on
their knowledge?
It was written down.
Name the Egyptian paper made of
reeds.
Papyrus.
How did Egyptians learn about
medical ideas from other
civilisations?
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Through trade on the
Mediterranean.
Which famous Greek is also known
as ‘the Father of Medicine’?
Hippocrates.
Name the four humours.
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile,
black bile.
What is the first thing a Greek
doctor would do when they met a
patient?
Observe their symptoms.
What term is given for the
prediction of how a disease will
progress?
Prognosis.
How would a Greek doctor treat a
patient who was feverish and red in
the face?
Keep them cool and let some
blood.
Name the Ancient Greek god of
healing.
Asclepius.
What was the name of the temples,
also centres of healing, built in this
God’s name?
Asclepia.
Who was believed to visit patients
in their sleep at an Asclepion?
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Asclepius’ daughters Hygeia and
Panacea.
Did Romans know about germs?
No!
Why did the Roman army never
camp near a marsh?
To avoid disease.
Where were injured Roman
soldiers treated?
In army hospitals.
Why did Roman army surgeons
have such good scalpels?
To use for amputations!
Name the series of pipes, channels
and bridges that brought fresh
water to Roman towns.
Aqueducts.
Where could people in a Roman
town go to clean themselves?
Public baths.
Where was Galen born?
Greece.
In which Egyptian city did Galen
study?
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Alexandria.
What was he able to do only in this
city and nowhere else in the Roman
Empire?
Dissect bodies.
What did Galen prove by his public
pig dissections?
That the brain, not the heart,
controls the body.
Name Galen’s theory that gave an
alternative treatment to imbalanced
humours?
Theory of opposites.
As the human body was so perfect,
Galen said, who must have designed
it?
God.
Which organisation adopted
Galen’s ideas?
The Church.
Until what year did Galen’s ideas
dominate understanding of
medicine?
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