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Medicine in the Ancient WorldHippocrates- Greek

- -remove magic a and superstition from medicine

-observe s symptoms to d discover cause o of sickness

-founder of medical science

- Hippocratic Oath

-father of anatomy- first public

dissection of a human corpse

- described brain, tendons, nerves, veins

- Alexandria- home of medical discoveries

Herophilus- Egyptian

What did the Romans Do?

-insisted on high standards

of cleanliness

-improved public sanitation

(baths, aqueducts)

-most improvements were

made by doctors serving

in the Roman army

- developed surgical tools

and performed specialized surgeries

So Many Tools…So Little Time

• Bone Levers– put fractured bones

back in correct position

– possibly used in tooth extractions

• Bone Forceps– removed pieces of

skull and bone

So Many Tools…So Little Time Cont’d

• Bone Drills– Remove diseased

tissue from bones

– Remove foreign objects (weapons) lodged in a bone

So Many Tools…So Little Time…Cont’d

• Epilation Forceps– Tweezers used to

remove hair

• Surgical Scissors– Cut hair– Cut out tissue

during surgery

So Many Tools…So Little Time…cont’d

• Cupping Vessels– Used to let out blood –

different sizes for different areas of a body

– Lower blood pressure by removing some blood

So Many Tools…So Little Time…Cont’d

• Tile Cautery– Destroy tumors;

heated and applied to abnormal tissue to burn (cauterize the tissue away)

So Many Tools…So Little Time…Cont’d

• Scalpels– used to make incisions

during surgery

• Probes/Curettes– mix various medicines– apply medicines during

surgery– scrape/clean damaged

tissue from a wound

The Adventures of Medicus PetroBy: You!

• Choose any two medical instruments from the list

• Write a paragraph or two (in English) suggesting a plot twist to take place in our storyline, which would require the doctor Petro to use those two instruments! It can be a reimaging of the current storyline, or a new adventure involving other characters!

• Due Tomorrow!