The Gods: Although some people used herbal remedies passed down from parents and grandparents to cure illnesses, most people asked the Gods for help. The built a temple which was dedicated to the God Asclepius (the greek god of healing) and they saw Gods as a part of their everyday liffe. When medical treatments were risky, costly, uncertain or painful people asked for help from the Gods and this would be a first resort not a last resort.
Doctors: In Roman cities, doctors were employed to give free treatment to the poor. Women played a vital role in treating illnesses but they mostly trained in treating womens illnesses. Some doctors trained by reading the Hippocrates Corpus but only the wealthiest owned copies as the books were very expensive. The most common way mediacl students trained was to watch experienced doctors, and copying their methods. At the time - medical training was not compulsory for doctors, anyone could call themself a doctor.
Treatments: Roman doctors also recommended more exercise, changes in diets and all prescribed herbal remediies to their paitents. As a result, many people did exercises with trainers at public baths or the gymnasium. Modern doctors have estimated thar around 20% of the 600 remedies created would of been effective.
Disease: The Romans did perform some aputations such as trephining. Trephining was used to relieve pain in the head and cataracts were removed from the eyes using fine needles. There was a definite change of attidude between the Greeks and the Romans; the Greeks were curious to find out about what caused disease whilst the Romans wanted to figure out what caused disease.
Comments
No comments have yet been made