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Exam TipsSetting the SceneThe Four Humours Theory

Practice Questions for Medieval Ideas about Disease

According to the Four Humours theory, what caused illness?

  • A. Germs entering the body through the air
  • B. God punishing sinners for their wrongdoing
  • C. An imbalance of the four humours in the body
  • D. Evil spirits possessing the patient's blood
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Why did Galen often make mistakes about human anatomy?

  • A. He lived before any scientific instruments had been invented
  • B. He based his human anatomy on dissecting animals, not human bodies
  • C. He refused to examine patients and only worked from books
  • D. He rejected the Four Humours theory used by other doctors
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Quick Recall Flashcards

Name the Four Humours
Blood, Yellow Bile, Phlegm, Black Bile
What was miasma?
The belief that disease was caused by "bad air" or smells from rotting matter

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