1. Medicine
Through Time
Revision

2. Ancient Greek
Empire: 500BC

3. Roman ideas on Medicine:
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They had similar ideas to the Greeks
and thought you were sick if you had
an imbalance of your humours
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They believed in Gods and viewed
disease as a punishment. They built
temples to ask their Gods to cure
them
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Romans and Public Health:
The Romans saw a link between dirt and disease. To prevent
epidemics in their overcrowded towns they developed public
health schemes:
Public toilets were provided and sewers washed the waste
away from the cities to nearby rivers
• Water pipes were built from lead to carry clean water into
towns for everyone. The towns had public fountains and
public baths for washing
• Aqueducts were built to transport water from rivers and
They also believed that bad air and
Roman Britain: 49AD lakes into towns and cities
smells could cause sickness so built
their settlements away from swamps.
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