Medicine Through Time

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Who was the founder of the four humours?
Hippocrates
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Who were the first to record on papyrus?
Egyptians
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What did Galen discover?
The brain controlled the body, not the heart
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What would it mean if a humour was out of balance?
A person would be ill, or contain a disease
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What was Hippocrates?
A philosopher
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How did Vesalius prove Galen wrong?
By stealing bodies, taking them apart, boiling them and putting them back together.
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What was Pare's discovery?
Use of ointment (burning oil) to treat gun shot wounds. He also discovered ligature (silk thread)
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What factors were a result of Pare's discoveries?
Chance, War and Technology
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What did Harvey prove?
Blood was pumped by the heart in the circulatory system
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What was Edward Jenner's theory on cowpox?
Cowpox could possibly protect those with small pox
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What did Louis Pasteur discover?
Discovery of animalcules growing in number by investigating bad beer
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Robert Koch made a discovery. What was it?
Putting certain stains on bacteria enabled him to track them and see what disease they caused.
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