4. Roman
1. Rejected Greek Ideas
2. 293 BC - A plague hit Rome. This lead them to build an Asclepion in Rome.
3. Built an Empire instead of tiny states, like the Greeks.
4. Realised a good Empire needs to be healthy.
5. Most Doctors were Greeks, even though they where brought to Rome as doctors.
6. Built Aqueducts. - 222 million gallons of water running through the city.
7. Public Baths. - Some luxurious with mirrors.
8. Sewers, where sewage was flushed out by streams.
9. Hospitals - Obviously helped improve medicine, had to look after soldiers.
10. Galen: 4 humours & Their Seasons. Started to add treatments, like cucumber (cool) in summer, if someone was ill.

He thought that muscles attach to the bone in the same way in humans and in dogs.

He thought that blood was created in the liver. He realised that it flowed round the body, but said it was burned up as fuel for the muscles.

He thought he saw holes through the septum, which allowed the blood to flow from one side of the heart to the other.

He made mistakes about the blood vessels in the brain.

He thought the human jaw-bone was made up of two bones, like a dog's.

He was mistaken about the shape of the human liver.

11. Galen dissected a pig, and made predictions of what our bodies were like.
12. His theories were used for over 1500 years.
13. People believed him because he believed in ONE GOD, which all Christians and Muslims and other religions excepted.
14. A lot of Galen's theories were wrong.

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