| Question | Answer |
| How did Claudius Galen develop the ideas of Hippocrates? | use of opposites
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What was Hippocrates’ theory of the four humours? | phlegm, blood, black bile, yellow bile liquids in the body – idea of balance
| How did the River Nile influence an Egyptian idea about the cause of disease? | blocked irrigation channels - blocked channels in the body
| What was trepanning and why may it have been performed? | scraping hole in the skull to release evil sprits
| Who was Claudius Galen? | a famous Greek doctor in Roman times
| Who was the Greek god of healing? | Asclepios
| Why did the Roman Empire collapse? | invasion of barbarian tribes
| Name two groups of people from recent times that historians have looked at to help learn about prehistoric medicine. | Australian Aborigines, Native American Indians
| Name three Greek philosophers. | Plato, Aristotle, Socrates
| How could visiting an Asclepion temple involve both spiritual and natural ideas? | pray to the gods, rest & relaxation
| Why did the Egyptians know a little but not a lot about anatomy? | embalming but no dissection
| What were two problems of Roman public health? | Outbreaks of plague, sewers sometimes spread disease. Roman public health schemes were the best there had been but they were not perfect.
| Explain the four stages of clinical observation. | D P O T
| Why did Galen have such an influence on medicine for over 1000 years? | ‘the creator’, complete theory of medicine
| Why did the Romans want to protect the public’s health? | To uphold the empire
| How might prehistoric man have treated a broken bone? | mud cast
| Name four Roman public health facilities. | aqueducts, baths, toilets, sewers
| What was the Egyptian system of writing called? | hieroglyphics
| Which word describes what happened to medicine after the collapse of the Roman Empire? | Regression
| After the collapse of the Roman Empire, its lands became dominated by two great religions. What were they? | Islam & Christianity |
