Roman Medicine
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- Roman Medicine
- Gods
- Illnesses were usually treated with family remedies using herbs and vegetables.
- Some people appealed to their gods-Salus, the goddess of health
- When plague struck, the Romans turned to the Greek god, Asclepius
- Doctors
- Doctors were employed in many Roman cities to help the poor
- Women doctors were used for healing and charms
- Women's roles advancing
- Women also acted as midwives
- The science of charms was an outstanding skill
- Training Of Doctors
- Read the Hippocrates collection
- Lots of people became apprentices following other doctors, taking notes
- Medical training wasn't compuslory
- Treatments
- More exercise, changes in diet, herbal medicines used as 'opposties'-a step on from 'the four humours'
- Roman families passed on herbal remedies whilst doctors used a weak anaesthetist, opium
- Theories About Disease
- Most common treatment was bleeding as internal surgery was too risky.
- Amputations
- Trephining
- Not interested in theories
- Galen suggested there were 'seeds' of disease in the air which caused disease but did not look into it any further
- Gods
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