PHAR1101 - TEST 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is the scientific method? Answer - Organised efforts to come up with
explanations of nature, always modifying and correcting these through
systematic observations
When did the scientific method take off? Answer - Early middle ages (12th C)
Which egyptian god is the earliest 'medical' tradition related to? Answer -
Imhotep
Which papyrus was used in ancient Egypt? Answer - The ebers papyrus
What was most treatments in the Ebers papyrus based on? Answer - Purging
What was the Ancient Egyptian treatment for asthma? Answer - Herbal smoke
What was the Ancient Egyptian treatment to force bowel movements? Answer
- Milk and grains cooked with honey
What was the Ancient Egyptian treatment for various intestinal and eye
complaints? Answer - Ochre clays
, What pattern does ancient egyptian medicine fit? Answer - Shamanism
List 4 Fertile Crescent Civilisations Answer - Sumerians
Babylonians
Persians
Semites
What does an ashipu healer do? Answer - Diagnose illness
What does an asu healer do? Answer - Provide remedies and treatment
What was liquorice used for as an ancient drug? Answer - Gastric disorders
What was opium and myrrh used for as an ancient drug? Answer - Pain relief
and sleep
List 4 'countries' that were apart of Aegean culture Answer - Greece
Macedon
Crete
Asia
Who was the Greek god, Asclepius? Answer - Physician-god of medicine
Who was the Greek god, Hygieia? Answer - Goddess of sanitation
Who was the Greek god, Panacea? Answer - Goddess of universal healing
2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is the scientific method? Answer - Organised efforts to come up with
explanations of nature, always modifying and correcting these through
systematic observations
When did the scientific method take off? Answer - Early middle ages (12th C)
Which egyptian god is the earliest 'medical' tradition related to? Answer -
Imhotep
Which papyrus was used in ancient Egypt? Answer - The ebers papyrus
What was most treatments in the Ebers papyrus based on? Answer - Purging
What was the Ancient Egyptian treatment for asthma? Answer - Herbal smoke
What was the Ancient Egyptian treatment to force bowel movements? Answer
- Milk and grains cooked with honey
What was the Ancient Egyptian treatment for various intestinal and eye
complaints? Answer - Ochre clays
, What pattern does ancient egyptian medicine fit? Answer - Shamanism
List 4 Fertile Crescent Civilisations Answer - Sumerians
Babylonians
Persians
Semites
What does an ashipu healer do? Answer - Diagnose illness
What does an asu healer do? Answer - Provide remedies and treatment
What was liquorice used for as an ancient drug? Answer - Gastric disorders
What was opium and myrrh used for as an ancient drug? Answer - Pain relief
and sleep
List 4 'countries' that were apart of Aegean culture Answer - Greece
Macedon
Crete
Asia
Who was the Greek god, Asclepius? Answer - Physician-god of medicine
Who was the Greek god, Hygieia? Answer - Goddess of sanitation
Who was the Greek god, Panacea? Answer - Goddess of universal healing
