CS 2902: Ancient Medicine (Test 1) Questions With
Complete Solutions
"If a man gets a pulsating of the temple and has numbness, you
grind dried e'ru-tree leaves, mix it with wheat flour, sahlû, and
hašû-plant and with beer of a tavern keeper into a paste, you
bandage him continually with them until they recover."
Problems? Correct Answers - No ratios/measurements
- What kind of disease
- The type of plants/herb
- SHOWS HOW NOT ALL ELEMENTS ARE TRANSLATED
"When a man is heavily feverish and he finds no relief, he burps
and coughs and his stomach always turns to vomit, he is sick
due to an oath."
What did the person not do? Correct Answers - did not
abdicate/follow an oath from a god
Ancient health care practitioners Correct Answers - physicians
from hippocratic schools
- root cutters ("sorcerers")
- drug traders/sellers/makers (pharmacists)
- obstetricians (midwives)
Anthropological approach Correct Answers - relationship
between disease, patient, and healer
Asaa/Asakku Correct Answers - capricious nature
- causes disease due to his free will
, - Mainly attacks the musculoskeletal system and skin (direct
confrontation/against the goddess Gula)
Asalluhi Correct Answers - Paired with Gula in incantations
- Son and assistant of Enki (magical powers)
- Male deity that assists in childbirth (assists midwives)
Asibu: exorcist/magician Correct Answers - may use
instruments (amulet) and symbolic healing (incantations)
Assyria Correct Answers - up north of Babylonia
- rose to prominence 1900 BCE
- collapsed in 612 BCE (Babylonians to be blamed)
Asu: physician Correct Answers - Examines physical
symptoms to find healing technique
- Healing: communicate ritualistic obedience between human &
divine
- Message from god is decoded in order to restore health
Babylonia Correct Answers - Mesopotamian state
- ruled by Hammurabi (1795-1750 BCE)
- conquered by Persian King Cyrus 539 BCE
Both types of healers gained experience/skill through [blank]
Correct Answers - apprenticeships
Causation Ideologies Correct Answers - seeks single entity
casing disease (germ gene)
- if you know the cause, you can make a treatment
Complete Solutions
"If a man gets a pulsating of the temple and has numbness, you
grind dried e'ru-tree leaves, mix it with wheat flour, sahlû, and
hašû-plant and with beer of a tavern keeper into a paste, you
bandage him continually with them until they recover."
Problems? Correct Answers - No ratios/measurements
- What kind of disease
- The type of plants/herb
- SHOWS HOW NOT ALL ELEMENTS ARE TRANSLATED
"When a man is heavily feverish and he finds no relief, he burps
and coughs and his stomach always turns to vomit, he is sick
due to an oath."
What did the person not do? Correct Answers - did not
abdicate/follow an oath from a god
Ancient health care practitioners Correct Answers - physicians
from hippocratic schools
- root cutters ("sorcerers")
- drug traders/sellers/makers (pharmacists)
- obstetricians (midwives)
Anthropological approach Correct Answers - relationship
between disease, patient, and healer
Asaa/Asakku Correct Answers - capricious nature
- causes disease due to his free will
, - Mainly attacks the musculoskeletal system and skin (direct
confrontation/against the goddess Gula)
Asalluhi Correct Answers - Paired with Gula in incantations
- Son and assistant of Enki (magical powers)
- Male deity that assists in childbirth (assists midwives)
Asibu: exorcist/magician Correct Answers - may use
instruments (amulet) and symbolic healing (incantations)
Assyria Correct Answers - up north of Babylonia
- rose to prominence 1900 BCE
- collapsed in 612 BCE (Babylonians to be blamed)
Asu: physician Correct Answers - Examines physical
symptoms to find healing technique
- Healing: communicate ritualistic obedience between human &
divine
- Message from god is decoded in order to restore health
Babylonia Correct Answers - Mesopotamian state
- ruled by Hammurabi (1795-1750 BCE)
- conquered by Persian King Cyrus 539 BCE
Both types of healers gained experience/skill through [blank]
Correct Answers - apprenticeships
Causation Ideologies Correct Answers - seeks single entity
casing disease (germ gene)
- if you know the cause, you can make a treatment
