Hospital care in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

12 questions

1. ___ refers to the movement of blood around the body.
2. Galen incorrectly claimed that blood was made in the ...
3. Whose work was challenged by William Harvey's theories on blood circulation?
4. How many dissections were carried out by medical professors each year at Cambridge University in the late-16th century?
5. How did William Harvey's ideas affect the use of bloodletting as a medical treatment?
6. Starting with the earliest, sort the following individuals into chronological order.
7. What word is used to describe conditions which are dirty or unhealthy and are therefore likely to cause disease?
8. The number of hospitals in England ___ as a result of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
9. Who founded Guy's Hospital in London in 1724?
10. Which groups were least likely to be found staffing 18th century hospitals?
11. How did conditions in hospitals change during the 18th century?
12. Why was treatment in hospitals during the 18th century often ineffective?

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