Surgery and Anatomy- Ancient Rome
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- Created on: 14-03-17 19:18
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- Ancient Rome
- The Romans continued a successful progression of surgical knowledge after the Greeks
- They used opium as a mild anaesthetic.
- The Roman army developed more techniques to deal with battle injuries, each army camp had a sophisticated hospital.
- There was a steady progression of Anatomy
- Galen- a doctor to the Roman Emperor performed live dissections on animals (cut a spinal cord of a pig showing nerves control actions) He also wrote many books on anatomy.
- Made a few errors as he got all his knowledge from animal dissections not human dissection.
- Galen- a doctor to the Roman Emperor performed live dissections on animals (cut a spinal cord of a pig showing nerves control actions) He also wrote many books on anatomy.
- The Romans continued a successful progression of surgical knowledge after the Greeks
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