WALT: Identify the factors of change in Ancient Greece.WILFD – Describe Greek knowledge of medicine.C – Explain the factors that led to advancement in Greek medicine.A – Evaluate the progress of Greek medicine.

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Eggtipician medicine was based around a lot of scientific knowledge. They were less advanced than prehistoric society, and were not influenced by religion.

They continued to believe that illnesses were caused by the gods and evil sprites, but they also developed a new natural theory.

This theory said that illness was caused when channels in the body became blocked.For example undigested foot in the bowels blocked the channels and so make people ill.

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Egyptian medicine was based around little scientific knowledge. While they were more advanced than prehistoric society, they were still heavily influenced by religion.

They continued to believe that illnesses were caused by the gods and evil spirits, but they also developed a new natural theory.

This theory said that illness was caused when channels in the body became blocked. For example undigested food in the bowels blocked the channels and so make people ill.

What’s this?Key Words.

Progression –Process of developing towards a more advanced state. (Getting better)

Regression – Return to former or less developed state (Getting worse)

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Q. How does Greek medicine compare to that of Egyptian and PreHistoric. Is a period of Regression or Progression?

Mind Map• In your table groups draw an individual mind map for

the Ancient Greek Factors of Change using the following headings

• a) government• b) economy• c) individuals• d) technology• e) communications• f) religion• g) education• h) war

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Greeks • Ancient Greece, as with Ancient Rome and Ancient Egypt, played an important part in medical history.

The most famous of all Ancient Greek doctors was Hippocrates. By 1200 B.C., Ancient Greece was developing in all areas - trade, farming, warfare, sailing, craftsmanship etc. Their knowledge of medicine developed accordingly.

• Gods dominated the lives of the Greeks. Natural occurrences were explained away by using gods. This, however, did not occur in medicine where Ancient Greek physicians tried to find a natural explanation as to why someone got ill and died.

• The Greeks were practicing medicine 1000 years before the birth of Christ. In the ‘Iliad’ by Homer, injured soldiers were treated by doctors and the Greek leader in the tale, Menelaus, was treated for an arrow wound by a doctor-in-arms, Machaon.

• However, not all Ancient Greeks turned to physicians when ill. many still turned to the gods. The god Apollo was consulted at a temple in Delphi and by the sixth century B.C., many turned to the god Asclepios for help. Places called asclepeia were built for those in poor health. These were like temples and here people came to bathe, sleep and meditate. The poor were also allowed to beg for money in these buildings. Those who went to asclepeias were expected to leave offerings to Asclepios. The asclepeias were run by priests. Patients to asclepeias were encouraged to sleep as it was believed that during sleep they would be visited by Asclepios and his two daughters, Panacea and Hygeia. A visit by these three was expected to cure all ailments. Those who were not cured could stay at the asclepeia where they were. Written accounts have survived of those who were cured:

• Hermodicus of Lampsacus was paralysed in the body. When he slept in the temple the god healed him and ordered him to bring to the temple as large a stone as he could. The man brought the stone which now lies before the abaton (where people slept).

• During the period 600 B.C. to 400 B.C., the Ancient Greeks also made great advances in philosophy.

Greeks• Medicine was very important to the Ancient Greek. Ancient Greek Culture was such that a

high priority was placed upon healthy lifestyles, this despite Ancient Greece being much different to the Greece of the modern World.

• Ancient Greece was much different to the Greece of today. In Ancient Times Greece was a collection of City States. Each of these was independent from the others but shared a similar culture and religious beliefs. Despite the lack of a coherent government the Greeks developed a society that matched, if not bettered, that of the Ancient Egyptians.

• Medical practice in Ancient Greece, like Egypt, was based largely upon religious beliefs. The Cult of Asclepios grew in popularity and was a major provider of medical care. This cult developed old theories and introduced several treatments not too dissimilar from modern 'alternative medicines'.

• The Ancient Greeks though made major strides in medical knowledge. The works of Hippocrates and his followers led to several scientific facts being recorded for the first time: and perhaps more significantly the work of these philosophers began a tradition of studying the cause of disease rather than looking solely at the symptoms when prescribing a cure.

• The legacy of the Ancient Greek world on medical practice has been great. Hippocrates theory of the Four Humours was, for a long time, the basis upon which to develop medical reasoning. Likewise the methodology employed by the Greeks has, to a large extent, been retained and modified to form what we now consider to be conventional medicine.

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How significant was Hippocrates?How significant was Hippocrates to the history of medicine…

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Hippocrates came up with the idea that the causes of illness and disease were natural not supernatural …

In the long-term, Hippocrates development of the Four Humours was of huge importance and helped doctors make new discoveries about the way the body worked.

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Introduction• The Ancient Greeks built a large settled

civilisation around the Mediterranean between 800-400BC

• Ancient Greece wasn’t one big country• It was made up a several smaller ‘city states’

organised in different ways• Some were aristocracies (ruled by the rich)• Some were monarchies (ruled by a king)• Some were democracies (ruled by the people)Greek city states competed with each other to be

the best at things

Government

Economy• The Greeks were settled, they traded and became

rich.• They had slaves so had the money and time to

spend developing ideas and theories

• Like the Egyptians the Greeks had many gods• They explained events and nature by reference to the

gods – for instance war might occur because Zeus was angry and illness could be taken away by the god of healing Askelpios

• Large temples called Askelpians were built in honour of the god of healing where sick people went for care

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War• The Ancient Greeks were frequently at war with

their neighbours the Persians• Wars involved hand to hand fighting causing

many open wounds and injuries

• The Greeks could afford to spend time and money on education

• They built primary schools and secondary schools .

• Learning, thinking, writing and philosophy were highly valued in Ancient Greece.

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