Medicine in Tudor-Stuart England

This quiz was made as a companion to my website about Tudor-Stuart Medicine. Medicine underwent many changes during this period and you could either be treated by being bled, praying to a patron healing saint or even better doing.... nothing!

Find out how much you know about Tudor-Stuart Medicine and the changes that took place during this period, as well as the gruesome practices that took place.

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1. What were Galen's Four Humours?
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and brown bile
Fire, Air, Water and Earth
Blood, snot, water and phlegm
2. Which of the following did Galen NOT dissect?
Dog
Ape
Sheep
Pig
Human
3. Who was the first man in England to lecture in public on the new anatomical theory and methods of Vesalius?
Dr Caius
Paracelsus
Rowland Davies
Dr Geynes
4. What year did Vesalius publish Fabrica?
1546
1588
1543
1499
5. What apparently cured Rowland Davies' patient Mrs Patty of her illness?
Cupping
Leeches
A cephalic hysterical emulsion
Pigeons
6. What was Saint Lucy the patron healing saint of?
Throat diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases
Eye diseases
The black plague
7. What technique gave William Harvey the first inkling that blood might circulate the body?
Experimentation
Observation
Mathematical Calculation
Logical Thinking
8. Why did Harvey wait twenty-five years to publish his findings?
He had to learn to write first
He wanted to make sure he was completely right
Printing books was hard and expensive
He abandoned science to marry and so had to publish in secret
9. Did new medical theory translate into new medical practice beneficially for patients?
No
Yes
No... did you see the picture of the dog blood transfusion?!
Not consistently, if it even translated into new medical practices during Tudor-Stuart times at all. The translation was slow, as shown by Davies.
10. Which of the following was NOT a key factor that led to the downfall of Galenic medicine and the rise of new medical theory in Tudor-Stuart England?
Use of the Scientific Method
Dissection of Human Bodies
New Diseases
The Periodic Table of Elements

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