Ancient Greece
What was the name of the famous doctor known as the "Father of Medicine"
Pronunciation Counts!
Who is Hippocrates?
Hip-ah-cra-tees
This massive underground sewer system carried waste away from the streets of Ancient Rome to improve public sanitation.
What is the Cloaca Maxima?
Ancient Greece was one of first to believe illness came from natural causes. What did people believe illness came from before that?
What are Darkness, Spirits, Gods, etc.?
Because dissecting human bodies was forbidden, this Roman physician dissected animals to study anatomy and map out nerves.
Who is Galen?
Early doctors believed disease was caused by an imbalance in these 4 liquids, a idea now proven completely wrong by modern medicine.
What are the Four Humors or Humors?
These specialized battlefield hospitals were created by the Roman military to care for injured soldiers near the front lines.
What are valetudinaria?
Because doctors believed sickness came from having too much of one humor, they used this painful procedure to remove extra blood from patients.
Bloodletting
Long before stainless steel was invented, Roman surgeons forged tools like scalpels, bone drills, and forceps out of this metal.
What is bronze?
Observing symptoms, taking a patient history, asking questions, and tracking how an illness changes over time are all steps in this medical process.
What is a diagnosis?
These long stone bridges and channels supplied Roman cities with millions of gallons of fresh mountain water every day.
What are aqueducts?