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Question 1: [8] Some Galenic teaching, such as his emphasis on ________ as a remedy for many ailments, however remained influential until well into the 1800s.
BloodlettingMedicine in medieval IslamCirculatory systemMedicine

Question 2: However Galen states that in around 145, his father had a dream in which the God ________ (Aesculapius) appeared and commanded Nicon to send his son to study medicine.
IasoPanaceaAsclepiusApollo

Question 3: The slightest slip could have caused permanent ________.
Amaurosis fugaxBlindnessAmblyopiaMyopia

Question 4: Galen developed an interest in anatomy from his studies of Herophilus and ________, who had dissected the human body and even living bodies (vivisection).
Circulatory systemHeartHippocratesErasistratus

Question 5: Galen performed many audacious operations — including brain and ________ surgeries — that were not tried again for almost two millennia.
Nervous systemSensory systemEyeLung

Question 6: [8] Thus much of his explanation of ________ relies on Hippocrates' humoral theories.
PathologyInfectious diseaseInfectionDisease

Question 7: [41] The examinations of Vesalius also disproved medical theories of ________ and Mondino de Liuzzi.
PlatoBertrand RussellAristotleEmpiricism

Question 8: [8] Nevertheless Galen's pre-eminence amongst the great thinkers of the millennium is exemplified by a 16th century mural in the refectory of the Great Lavra of ________.
GreeceMount AthosThessalonikiHosios Loukas

Question 9: Nat Fac III: 8), to study the function of the ________ and the spinal cord.
Endocrine systemUrinary systemLiverKidney

Question 10: To perform ________ surgery, he would insert a long needle-like instrument into the eye behind the lens, then pull the instrument back slightly to remove the cataract.
CataractDiabetic retinopathyKeratoconusGlaucoma
















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