Medicine - Medicine in Roman Britain

Roman ideas and society

• Major improvements in public health due to government-funded projects
• Many different cultures and ideas from across the Empire spread to Britain - including the use of different herbal remedies
• Many Greeks, including doctors, came to live and work in the Empire, bringing Greek ideas about medicine with them
• Towns and cities grew - infection and diseases spreading more easily

The army

• Forts usually contained well equipped hospitals that treated injured soldiers.
• The hospitals provided training for surgeons and physicians. Few were open to the public so they would not have had an impact on the…