MEDICINE IN

ANCIENT ROME

PREVENTION IS

BETTER

THAN CURE!

Prevention of water-borne illnesses

•Aqueducts

•Public bath houses

•Drainage Systems

MEDICINAL HERBS

•Fennel—believed to have calming properties

•Elecampane—helps with digestion

•Sage—of little medicinal value but had great religious value

•Garlic—beneficial for health, especially of the heart

MEDICINAL HERBS

•Fenegreek—used in the treatment of pneumonia

•Silphium—used for a variety of ailments and conditions, especially for birth control

•Willow—used as an antiseptic

•No original contributions

•Adopted practices predominantly from the Greeks

•Acquisition of Greece as a province of the Roman Empire (146 B.C.)

GREEK CONTRIBUTORS

•Hippocrates: 460 B.C.— 370 B.C.

•Aulus Cornelius Celsus: 25 B.C.—50 B.C.

•Galen: 129 A.D.—199 A.D

INCORPORATION OF RELIGION

Asclepius:

Greek god of healing

Attendants:

Recorded dreams and miracles

SURGICAL TOOLS

Scalpel

Hooks

Bone Drills

Catheters

Uvula Crushing Forceps

Vaginal Specula

Spatula

Surgical Saw

ANCIENT ROME => TODAY

•House Call

•Prescriptions

•Hippocratic Oath

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<http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mores/medicine/history.htm>.

• Trueman, Chris. Medicine in Ancient Rome. 2000. Web. 12 Apr. 2011. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medicine_in_ancient_rome.htm>.

• D. K, and R K. Medicine of Ancient Rome. 2000. Rich East High School. Web. 12 Apr. 2011. <http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/Romans/medicine/index.html>.

• Hippocrates. Web. 16 Apr. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates>.

• Aulus Cornelius Celsus. Web. 16 Apr. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus>.

• Medicine in Ancient Rome. Web. 16 Apr. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_in_ancient_Rome>.

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