Medicine Through Time - Roman Surgery

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How did they have knowledge of the body? (Doctors)
Galen and his book.
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Because of taking care of soldiers, what were they experts in?
external surgery and first aid.
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What simple surgery could they do? (Exterior)
Removing polyps up the nose and goitres from the neck.
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Who did they develop instruments for?
Midwives and Surgeons.
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There's no evidence that Roamns could work inside the body... What didn't they have that would help the patient?
Any anaesthetics, they only had herbal antiseptics.
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Card 2

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Because of taking care of soldiers, what were they experts in?

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external surgery and first aid.

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What simple surgery could they do? (Exterior)

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Who did they develop instruments for?

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Card 5

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There's no evidence that Roamns could work inside the body... What didn't they have that would help the patient?

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