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Ancient medicine loop quiz GO! 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? © www.teachithistory.co.uk 2012 18010 Page 1 of 4 Ancient medicine loop quiz 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? © www.teachithistory.co.uk 2012 18010 Page 2 of 4 Ancient medicine loop quiz 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? © www.teachithistory.co.uk 2012 18010 Page 3 of 4 Ancient medicine loop quiz 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? © www.teachithistory.co.uk 2012 18010 Page 4 of 4