Prehistroric
Ancient civilisations knew very little about the anatomy and biology of the human body. Treatments were mainly aimed to banish the evil spirits from the body e.g. dancing and chanting.
Make up either a dance or a chant to earn 100 points.
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Name a city/island in Greece
What was often mixed with wine, milk and different plants and herbs to concoct remedies?
a) honey
b) slime
c) diesel
Honey
True or false:
If you were sick in Roman times, then it was discouraged for you to go to the baths.
False: Sick people were encouraged to bathe as part of their treatment. It was believed that this would speed up their recovery.
What did they call the plague in the 14th century?
The _____ death
The black death
True or false: there were no trained doctors during this time.
True
Can you pronounce the name of this famous Greek physician?
Hippocrates
hip-poc-ra-ties
What were doctors in ancient Egypt called?
a) Witch doctors
b) Swnw
c) Gods
b) Swnw
Most larger towns and cities had bath houses which included a gymnasium and massage house. How much did it cost to visit?
a) 1/10th of a penny
b) 1/16th of a penny
c) a penny
b) 1/16th of a penny
Which of these is NOT a symptom of the plague?
a) fever
b) aches and pains
c) deafness
c) deafness
During this time, civilisations were nomadic.
What does nomadic mean?
a) moving around a lot
b) staying in one place
c) slept during the day and awake during the night
a) moving around a lot
True or false: The belief that the observation and recording of a patient’s symptoms was vital to medical care was discovered in Ancient Greece
True
True or false:
One of the major progressions in medical knowledge during the Ancient Egyptian period was a theory that a person’s heart rate was linked to their health.
True!
Bonus point: Show how you can measure heart rate.
Name somewhere Romans used to go to to socialise that we may not consider appropriate today.
Toilets or baths
What did doctors wear to protect themselves from the plague?
Bonus point if you can draw your answer.
Usually filled herbs and flowers.
Name the missing word:
Ancient civilisations may have had ______ doctors or medicine men.
Clue: We see them at Halloween
witch doctors
The Greek physician Galen thought that the body had 4 humours made up of bile and phlegm.
Name 3 of the different colours of bile he thought existed in the body.
black, red and yellow
Egyptians thought that the body was made up of 46 different tubes or ‘channels’. If these got blocked (by the evil spirits) the person would become ill.
Name the river in Egypt that inspired this theory.
The river Nile.
What is miasma?
Bad air
A chamberpot was a pot kept under the bed and was used as a toilet during the night. Where did people get rid of the contents of the chamberpot during the day?
They threw it out into the street.
Why is it difficult for us to learn about ancient civilisations' attitudes to medicine?
They did not write anything down - everything they knew was passed through stories and experiences.
Why did Greek physicians have to dissect animals to learn about medicine and disease?
It was forbidden to dissect a human body.
What was the name of the talisman Egyptians wore to ward off evil spirits?
The eye of...
Why was health and fitness important to Roman soldiers?
The Roman Empire depended heavily on its armies to keep control of all its territories.
Why did native Britons reject all of the medical advice the Romans brought over during their rule?
Some native Britons didn’t like the Romans and so didn’t trust anything to do with them.