Although they didn't have a proper public health system, what did the greeks have?
A programme for health, included going to a gymnasium etc.
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What did Greek doctors know that most people at the time didnt?
That gods didn't cause illnesses.
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What phrase did many Greek doctors use to support their view that natural treatments were the best?
'Nature is the best healer'
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What did they believe caused illnesses?
An imbalance of the humours in the body, Asklepios.
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how were illnesses treated?
going to the temple of Asklepios, treatment of opposites, natural substances e.g. garlic, doctors used physical observation , hippocrates books, programme for health.
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what was the theory of the four humours?
The belief that illnesses were caused by humours in the body being out of balance.
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name the four humours
yellow bile, black bile, blood and phlegm
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What was Hippocrates known for?
Hippocratic oath, his books, he observed patients and wrote it down,
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What was Hippocrates known as?
The father of modern medicine
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Why was it significant that he observed patients and wrote his ideas down?
Because other doctors could use his ideas so more would survive
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What is the theory of the four humours also known as?
The hippocratic method
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Although they didn't have a proper public health system, what did the greeks have?
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A programme for health, included going to a gymnasium etc.
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What phrase did many Greek doctors use to support their view that natural treatments were the best?
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