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Who was Hippocrates

Ancient greek doctor. Didn't believe illness was sent by gods. Had a big influence on doctors training and ideas on causes of disease in the roman empire.

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Hippocrates work

He thought no doctor should treat a patient if they don't know what he disease is. Doctors should respect all life. Created the Hippocratic Oath was promise to keep confidentiality between doctor and patient.

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Theory of the Four Humours. - hippocrates

Hippocrates made Four Humours theory. believed illness was a natural cause. Thought that if the humours are out of balance you can get sick.

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Galen

Developed theory of four humours into theory of opposites. When your sick- If your too hot, have something cool vice versa

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Roman doctors

Advised exercise, changes in diet, herbal medicine, theory of opposites.

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The romans beliefs

They often appealed to their gods to help them if they were ill. Sometimes making sacrifices. Often explained disease by supernatural causes.

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PUBLIC BATHS

SEE HISTORY FOLDER

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What are aqueducts

made by the romans, clean spring water was brought into city to drink

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Roman toilets

Removed watse from city (waste=disease) public tiolets and swers. But sewers emptied into river where people drank

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Roman baths

washing in public baths killed fleas, baths encouraged exercise and relaxation

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WHEN THE ROMANS LEFT

Collapse of public health system. No aqueducts so no fresh water. No human waste taken to sewers as aqueducts connected to sewers. No sanitation and exercise as roman baths gone

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Medieval/middle ages medicine and treatment

see folder

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MIDDLE AGES TIME PERIOD

1066-1485

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The black death 1348

fleas-fur of black rats.

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Bubonic plague

More common. Carried through bloodstream of rats due to fleas. Fleas hopped onto humans passing on disease.

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Pneumonic plague

Less common, more deadly. Caught by breathing in germs released when infected person coughed or sneezed

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SYMPTOMS OF BLACK DEATH - start to finish

buboes (egg shaped lumps under arm/groin). begin to vomit. patches on skin due to internal bleeding. uncontrollable spasms in muscles. if very lucky, buboes pop releasing black pus MAY survive. Usually death.

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There was more contnuity than change in middle ages

lots stayed the same after romans left. same treatments (herbal, bleeding) Surgery thought to be risky. Still believed in supernatural causes

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Renaissance

Rebirth of learning.

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Churches influence

Church had a large influence as many believed in god as a cause for disease. Another reaason why not much changed

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Andreas Vesalius

Strongly believed in importance of anatomy. Believed the jaw had one jaw bone, not too which was against Galen. Dangerous to critisize the church which was linked with Galen.

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William Harvey

followed galen completely agreed with him. first to accurately describe how blood was pumped around the body by the heart.

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Miasma

belief that disease was caused by bad air that was filled with poisonous fumes from rotting matter

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Spontaneous generation

disease was caused by germs that were produced by flesh and vegetables as they rotted

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Louis pasteur

discovered germ theory (that germs caused disease) in 1861

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