Dark Ages (450-1000AD) 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEEdexcel Created by: Ceri FosterCreated on: 05-03-14 16:22 Public Health Water taken from rivers, full of diseases. Fire in the middle of houses. (-Smoke, +keeps bugs away) 1 of 5 Public Health cont. Cesspits +keeps waste away from houses -could infect the drinking water from the river 2 of 5 Change Family of Roman soldier. Soldiers ordered back to Rome. City changes - engineers go, baths, wash-houses and aqueducts abandoned. Waste builds up. 3 of 5 Change cont. Tribes invade, medical stores ransacked and medical books stolen. Herbal remedies used. Wounds are checked and observed. 4 of 5 Change cont. Families move to marshy areas, bad. Chiefs not interested in baths, aqueducts or reading. Very important period as medicine got dramatically worse. 5 of 5
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