Classics Ancient Medicine Exam Questions With Complete
Solutions
Anaximander Correct Answers greek philosopher
560 BCE
elements exist as paired opposites
underlying cause is indefinite and therefore divine
Anaximenes Correct Answers greek philosopher
546 BCE
student of anaximander
air is the principle cuase
ratification = thinness/ fire
condensation = thickness/water
based on observation
Apollo Correct Answers greek deity
sun god
can heal
learned from chiron
arrows can send disease (duality)
Artemis Correct Answers greek deity
female
apollos twin
arrows as well
invoked in incantations
Asag/Asakku Correct Answers mesopotamian deity
disorder
free will
, personally sends disease
confrontation with gula
Asalluhi Correct Answers mesopotamian deity
paired with gula (allies)
son of enki
male, but assist with midwifes (unusual)
Asklepiad Correct Answers physician that focuses on divine
communication
descendant of family related to apollo like Hippo
Asklepois Correct Answers greek deity
son of apollo
born by c section and raised by chiron
killed by zeus for medical overreach
Banausic Prejudice Correct Answers elite greeks looked down
on craftsmen who worked with their hands (like doctors)
Bes Correct Answers egyptian deity
protection during childbirth, childhood and sleep
allies with others (isis and taweret)
Causation Correct Answers seek a single entity that causes
disease
Cause of Disease Correct Answers tried to find one way and
then looked for more than one cause
thought to be imbalance between bodily elements and external
factors
Solutions
Anaximander Correct Answers greek philosopher
560 BCE
elements exist as paired opposites
underlying cause is indefinite and therefore divine
Anaximenes Correct Answers greek philosopher
546 BCE
student of anaximander
air is the principle cuase
ratification = thinness/ fire
condensation = thickness/water
based on observation
Apollo Correct Answers greek deity
sun god
can heal
learned from chiron
arrows can send disease (duality)
Artemis Correct Answers greek deity
female
apollos twin
arrows as well
invoked in incantations
Asag/Asakku Correct Answers mesopotamian deity
disorder
free will
, personally sends disease
confrontation with gula
Asalluhi Correct Answers mesopotamian deity
paired with gula (allies)
son of enki
male, but assist with midwifes (unusual)
Asklepiad Correct Answers physician that focuses on divine
communication
descendant of family related to apollo like Hippo
Asklepois Correct Answers greek deity
son of apollo
born by c section and raised by chiron
killed by zeus for medical overreach
Banausic Prejudice Correct Answers elite greeks looked down
on craftsmen who worked with their hands (like doctors)
Bes Correct Answers egyptian deity
protection during childbirth, childhood and sleep
allies with others (isis and taweret)
Causation Correct Answers seek a single entity that causes
disease
Cause of Disease Correct Answers tried to find one way and
then looked for more than one cause
thought to be imbalance between bodily elements and external
factors
