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Ancient Blood Practices in Different Cultures

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Questions and Answers

Which physician advised a blood transfusion as a remedy for an apoplectic stroke suffered by Pope Innocent VIII?

William Henry

Jean-Baptiste Denis

Richard Lower

The Pope's physician (correct)

Who performed the first successful animal-to-human blood transfusion?

Philip Syng Physick

James Blundell

Jean-Baptiste Denis (correct)

John Henry Leacock

Who published 'An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals', describing the blood circulation and function of the valves?

Jean-Baptiste Denis

William Henry (correct)

James Blundell

Richard Lower

Who performed the first successful human-to-human blood transfusion?

James Blundell Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of using glass cupping cups in the 16th century?

To suction blood from the patient's body Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of the scarificator, a bloodletting instrument used in the 16th century?

To make multiple gashes in the patient's legs to obtain blood Signup and view all the answers

According to Hippocrates, how many humors comprise the body?

Four Signup and view all the answers

What did the Egyptians and Romans believe about the blood?

Blood contained the soul Signup and view all the answers

What did the Ancient Greeks consider one of medicine's oldest practices?

Blood letting Signup and view all the answers

Who believed that the heart is the central organ of the body?

Aristotle Signup and view all the answers

What did Galen describe as the origin of blood in the human body?

Liver Signup and view all the answers

What did Claudius Galenus mention about bright and dark blood in the body?

'Bright' blood comes from the liver and 'dark' blood from the kidney Signup and view all the answers