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Factors Affecting Developments in Medicine and Public Health: Roman Britain to c1350.
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- 1What factors affected medicine and public health in this period?Religion
Government
War - 2What was the role of the church at this time?Training of physicians
Had libraries with medical texts
Copying books
Preserving the ideas of Galen
Running Hospitals - 3why would you pray to St Anthony?If you had a skin complaint
- 4Who did a lot of caring work for the sick?Religious institutions
Monasteries
Convents - 5After the end of the of the Roman Empire what were the rulers biggest priorities?Personal wealth and power
Protecting people and trade from attack
Not improving medicine - 6What happened to public health as towns grew?Publich health became more important as there were people living close to each other (it didn't improve though!)
Local authorities began to be more active
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- GCSE Medicine Flashcards on Factors Affecting Developments in Medicine and Public Health: Roman Britain to c1350., created by Tom Lea on 15/05/2013.
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