Medicine In World History

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The basic premise of Ayurvedic medicine is:

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The principal cause of disease is either a magical element or the tri-doshas.

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Charakas are:

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Energy points along the spine where nerves join the spinal cord and along which energy flows.

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Sushruta, the greatest surgeon of ancient India, was most famous for:

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A surgical procedure known as rhinoplasty.

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Marmas in the Sushruta Samhita are:

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Junctions of channels of energy such as ligaments, blood vessels, joints, and nerves.

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In ancient India, the etiology of epilepsy was explained in terms of:

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The homeostasis of the three humors.

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Which major religions and philosophical systems in ancient China influenced Chinese medical ethics?

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Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.

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When did Chinese medicine begin to divorce itself from witchcraft?

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Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

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In traditional Chinese medicine, what is the most important diagnostic tool avaliable to a physician?

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Pulse analysis.

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In the Chinese medical tradition, disease is explained as:

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An imbalance of yin and yang which in turn upsets the balance of the Five Elements.

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How did the practice and art of medicine undergo a sea change during the civilization of ancient Greece?

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New logical and rational approaches to medicine were introduced.

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According to Hippocrates, a woman at Thasus with a "melancholic turn of mind," became affected with:

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Loss of sleep, aversion to food, thirst, and nausea.

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When Hippocrates wrote about "the sacred disease," he meant:

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Epilepsy

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Over one-half of the wounds suffered by the warriors at the battle of Troy were caused by:

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Spears

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Who rendered training diets and regimens, as well as initial treatments, in ancient Greece?

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Paedotribes.

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The Olympic Games were characterized by:

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An extraordinary level of violence.

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Early practitioners of sports medicine in Greece focused on:

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Preparing athletes to compete and to treat the myriad injuries they sustained in competitions.

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How many battle wounds are described in Homer's Iliad?

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130.

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What did Patroclus do to Sarpedon during battle according to Homer's Iliad?

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Patroclus drew out his spear, as well as the diaphragm and soul of Sarpedon, from Sarpedon's body.

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Arabic medical practices in the early Middle Ages were:a. Based on early medieval European practices.b. Founded on the Siddha medical system.c. Firmly grounded in the principles of Hippocrates and Galen.d. Evolved without external influences.

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c. Firmly grounded in the principles of Hippocrates and Galen.

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One of the clearest definitions of Muslim medical practice was:a. Ibn Sina’s Canon on Medicine.b. Ibn Zuhr’s Canon on Medicine.c. Ali ibn Saheeb’s Muscular Theory.d. Ibn Roschd’s Anatomical Studies.

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a. Ibn Sina’s Canon on Medicine

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Al-Razi’s approach to medicine was:a. Based on the Chinese concepts of yin and yang.b. Incorporated the Five Elements theory of Chinese medicine.c. Mirrored Aristotle’s studies on epidemics.d. Founded on alchemical principles.

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d. Founded on alchemical principles.

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Calculus is:a. A branch of mathematics.b. An abnormal concretion in the body, usually composed of mineral salts.c. Islamic meteorology.d. The Greek study of the stone.

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a. A branch of mathematics.

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According to ibn Sina, the physician should observe which of the following in a sample of urine:a. Quantity, density, and weight.b. Texture, weight, and color.c. Sediment, quantity, and odor.d. Clearness, weight, and foam.

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c. Sediment, quantity, and odor.

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How can one describe the treatment of the mentally ill in the Islamic world?a. Muslims regarded mental illness as the “fault” of a patient-sinner.b. The problem was ignored throughout the Islamic world.c. The mentally ill were treated with great brutality.d. Care for the mentally ill was generally more benevolent than in the Christian West.

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d. Care for the mentally ill was generally more benevolent than in the Christian West.

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How does Michael Dols define “insanity” or mental illness?a. A disease that all societies believe must be eradicated.b. Behavior that is judged to be abnormal or extraordinary by a social group at a specific time and place.c. A concept that did not exist in the Islamic world.d. The strange, the bizarre, the upsetting, and the weird behavior of small numbers of people.

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b. Behavior that is judged to be abnormal or extraordinary by a social group at a specific time and place.

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Which of the following methods were popular in the Islamic world for healing the mentally ill?a. Music, dancing, theatrical performances, and recitations.b. Torture followed by long periods of isolation for the patient.c. Forced attendance at lectures about the psychology of mental illness.d. Electric shock treatment.

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Music, dancing, theatrical performances, and recitations.

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What is one of the best sources about institutional care of the insane in the Islamic world?a. Galen’s Book of the Insane.b. Leo Africanus’s writings about the hospital for the insane at Fez.c. Lewis Antonitus’s letters about the hospital at Edirne (Adrianople).d. William Skeltoninus’s study of the Mansuri Hospital.

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b. Leo Africanus’s writings about the hospital for the insane at Fez

Fez