Medicine through time: Ancient World Public Health

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Why did the Prehistoric people not have a public health system?
They were nomadic, so they didn't settle long enough to create a public health system
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The development from the Hippocratic idea of the Four Humours about the 'Balance of Opposites' was who's theory?
Pythagoras
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What happened at the Asklepions?
People prayed and worshiped the Gods to be in good health
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How much water did Rome's 9 aqueducts bring in to the city each day?
222 million gallons
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What sort of hospitals were called 'valetudinaria'?
Free hospitals for former soldiers
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Question 7 is wrong, Galen created the opposites theory.

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