large cities such as the capital which had over 1 million people living in cramped conditions causing health problems
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why were they less inerested in theories than the greeks?
they liked everything to be organised and efficient, wanted practical solutions to illness
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what were the benefits of being a greatly centralised empire?
strong communication which meant new treatments spread quickly
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why did the government supply free medical care to soldiers?
they were frequently at war and they relied on them to control the empire which is why they had hundreds of thousands of soldiers
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the main medical books in Rome at first were written by who?
Hippocrates and his followers
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who were the first doctors in Rome?
Greel doctors who were captured as prisoners of war
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why did Greel doctors flock to Rome later on?
they could make a good living there
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how did romans improve the cleanliness of hospitals?
they began to clean tools and use antiseptic
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there weren't many painkilers or things to stop the pain, what did this result in?
many treatments were painful and brutal
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where did the famous roman doctor Galen study?
the medical school as Alexandria
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Galen followed Hippocrates methods of observation and like his theory of the four humours and he added to it, what did this result in?
the theory of the opposites
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what is the theory of the opposites?
the idea you needed the complete opposite of what you were to balance you out e.g. if you were cold or had a cold you needed heat or spices to balance you out
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Galen dissected humans in Alexandria but thuis was not allowed in Rome, so what did he use instead?
animals
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what did Galens vivisection of a pig prove?
that the brain (nerves) controlled speech not the heart
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what is a vivisection?
a dissection of a body whilst animal/human is still alive
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Galen was famous for writing medical books, how many did he write?
60
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how long was Galen's ideas used for?
1500 years after his death - no one was allowed to say he was wrong because the church supported him
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why did the church support him?
Galen believed in a perfectly designed body and his theories supported this. the church liked this because it supported the idea that a perfect God made humans. the church promoted Galen and his work for this reason
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when plague hit the empire, what did Galen do?
recorded all the symptoms and observed how it progressed.
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what was the date of this plague (Galens plague)
AD167
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Galen like Hippocrates purged people, was this the only thing Galen liked of Hippocrates?
no, Galen liked many things Hippocrates did and he added and expanded to them and copied his idea of observation.
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what is one thing Hippocrates and Galen differ in?
dissection- Galen thought it was important as it allowed and helped us to find out the structure of the body
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what was the problem with dissevting animals?
they diffr to animals, we can find some things out form them but we are different in many ways. this is why many of Galens ideas were wrong, he based them on animal dissevtions
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what is public health?
buildings and services provided by the government that improve health
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what are aqueducts?
brick-lined channels called conduits that supply fresh water to towns
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what the four main buildings that were built to improve public health?
aqueducts, sewers, public baths (cheaply so everyone could afford to use), public toilets
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what was a roman engineer encharge of?
testing water supply for mosquitoes and flies (would gather if foul sludge is in water), make sure all builings are well away from marshland, builds sewers, aqueducts, public baths, toilets and any other buildings for public health
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what else did they introduce to improve public health?
hospitals, gyms, water fountains
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why were they less inerested in theories than the greeks?
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they liked everything to be organised and efficient, wanted practical solutions to illness
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what were the benefits of being a greatly centralised empire?
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why did the government supply free medical care to soldiers?
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the main medical books in Rome at first were written by who?
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