Roman Medicine
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- Roman Medicine
- Roman Empire
- The Roman Empire existed for nearly a thousand years.
- The power was centralized as it had an advanced communication network.
- The Romans grew wealthy and they used their wealth to build aqueducts, public baths and sewers.
- The power was centralized as it had an advanced communication network.
- They had a great belief in Gods.
- The Roman Empire existed for nearly a thousand years.
- Galen
- He was born in Greece.
- He was a doctor.
- Studied medicine from the age of 17.
- Studied in Alexandria, and was fluent in Latin and Greek.
- He worked in an Asclepia in Greece.
- He studied at a gladiators school.
- He became doctor of Roman Emperor, Marcus Averlius.
- He became a teacher to doctors.
- He thought that dissection was important to learning about the human body.
- He dissected human bodies in Alexandria.
- Learnt that veins carried blood around the body.
- He dissected human bodies in Alexandria.
- He encouraged doctors to rely on observations of the patienrs symptoms.
- He wrote over 500 books that were then used for the next 1500 years.
- No one questioned Galen because the medieval church believed his teachings fit in with their teachings.
- He believed in the four humours.
- Military Hospitals
- They built their first hospitals in order to take care of soldiers.
- Treatments
- Recommended by Pliny.
- Unwashed wool for sores.
- Boiled liver for sore eyes.
- Herbal treatments.
- Since many doctors were Greek they focused on re balancing the four humours and restoring the patient's natural heat.
- Recommended by Pliny.
- Public Health
- They believed that disease was caused by 'bad smells or bad air', 'bad water', 'swamps and marshes', 'being near sewage' and 'not keeping clean'.
- The way of life for many Roman citizens was improved by its emphasis on public health and hygiene.
- It was their observation of their soldiers that lead Rome to believe in the importance of Public Health.
- They were a warrior race.
- It was their observation of their soldiers that lead Rome to believe in the importance of Public Health.
- They thought of medicine as for 'weaklings' so most of their doctors came from Greece.
- The way of life for many Roman citizens was improved by its emphasis on public health and hygiene.
- They believed that disease was caused by 'bad smells or bad air', 'bad water', 'swamps and marshes', 'being near sewage' and 'not keeping clean'.
- Roman Empire
- Factors
- War
- The need for a healthy army lead to Romans to think of public healthy.
- The capture of slaves brought Greek doctors back to Rome.
- They developed the earliest hospitals.
- Anatomy and Surgery improved as they spent time treating war wounds.
- War
- Dissection was not allowed in Rome.
- He thought that dissection was important to learning about the human body.
- He dissected human bodies in Alexandria.
- Learnt that veins carried blood around the body.
- He dissected human bodies in Alexandria.
- Had to rely on dissection of animals.
- Books showed good knowledge of the bone structure. But not accurate.
- He did experiments on pigs, by cutting up different parts of the spinal chord to show how the brain sends messages to muscles.
- He thought that dissection was important to learning about the human body.
- They built Aqueducts which carried fresh water to towns.
- Public Health
- They believed that disease was caused by 'bad smells or bad air', 'bad water', 'swamps and marshes', 'being near sewage' and 'not keeping clean'.
- The way of life for many Roman citizens was improved by its emphasis on public health and hygiene.
- It was their observation of their soldiers that lead Rome to believe in the importance of Public Health.
- They were a warrior race.
- It was their observation of their soldiers that lead Rome to believe in the importance of Public Health.
- They thought of medicine as for 'weaklings' so most of their doctors came from Greece.
- The way of life for many Roman citizens was improved by its emphasis on public health and hygiene.
- They believed that disease was caused by 'bad smells or bad air', 'bad water', 'swamps and marshes', 'being near sewage' and 'not keeping clean'.
- Water pipes carried water around towns. Were made from lead and timber.
- Sewers carried waste away from houses, toilets and baths and emptied into rivers.
- Reservoirs stored water and distributed them to lead pipes.
- Bath houses were made as places for washing, exercising. Water was changed weekly.
- Forts had their own baths, water supply and toilets.
- Private homes of the rich also had their own water supply.
- Public toilets flushed by water.
- The Romans grew wealthy and they used their wealth to build aqueducts, public baths and sewers.
- Public Health
- Romans were excellent builders and organisers.
- Errors Made By Galen
- He thought that muscles attached to the bone in humans the same way it did in dogs.
- He thought blood was created in the liver.
- He thought blood flowed from one die of the heart to the other.
- He thought the jaw was made up of two bones.
- Surgery
- Roman Medicine
- Roman Empire
- The Roman Empire existed for nearly a thousand years.
- The power was centralized as it had an advanced communication network.
- The power was centralized as it had an advanced communication network.
- They had a great belief in Gods.
- The Roman Empire existed for nearly a thousand years.
- Galen
- He was born in Greece.
- He was a doctor.
- Studied medicine from the age of 17.
- Studied in Alexandria, and was fluent in Latin and Greek.
- He worked in an Asclepia in Greece.
- He studied at a gladiators school.
- He became doctor of Roman Emperor, Marcus Averlius.
- He became a teacher to doctors.
- He encouraged doctors to rely on observations of the patienrs symptoms.
- He wrote over 500 books that were then used for the next 1500 years.
- No one questioned Galen because the medieval church believed his teachings fit in with their teachings.
- He believed in the four humours.
- Military Hospitals
- They built their first hospitals in order to take care of soldiers.
- Treatments
- Recommended by Pliny.
- Unwashed wool for sores.
- Boiled liver for sore eyes.
- Herbal treatments.
- Since many doctors were Greek they focused on re balancing the four humours and restoring the patient's natural heat.
- Recommended by Pliny.
- Roman Empire
- They developed on c-sections as most mothers died whilst giving birth so it's thought they'd perform c-sections to save a baby from a dead mother.
- Had no anesthetics, only herbal anapestics.
- Had no proof of successfully operating inside of the body.
- Roman Medicine
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