Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans

1. what did hippocrates do?

proved the brain controlled the body not the heart
believed the Gods caused illness and thought natural remedies was crazy talk
he was the father of medicine and created the Hippocratic Oath that all doctors still take today, he observed symptoms and recorded them. he also made the Hippocratic collection of books came up with 4 humours theory and natural causes of illness.
didnt create anything important but was a specialist doctor

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*time to study and think, they also write things down *more dedicated to getting answers *more ideas they have, more curious as to why things happens
*one source of water *able to study local vegetation *in one place, potentially less illness to catch *able to concentrate on finding cures *public health could decrease; everyone's living together *wealthy, build things, more time *healing temples
*beliefs are strong, sometimes don't question anything new *might believe that gods cause illness
*knowledge from other countries * new ideas, new treatments * could bring back illness to study
*they set up schools e.g Alexandria *these ideas in books could be wrong *some books been lost in translation

*beliefs are strong, sometimes don't question anything new *might believe that gods cause illness
*they set up schools e.g Alexandria *these ideas in books could be wrong *some books been lost in translation
*time to study and think, they also write things down *more dedicated to getting answers *more ideas they have, more curious as to why things happens
*one source of water *able to study local vegetation *in one place, potentially less illness to catch *able to concentrate on finding cures *public health could decrease; everyone's living together *wealthy, build things, more time *healing temples
*knowledge from other countries * new ideas, new treatments * could bring back illness to study