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Medicine in the Ancient World
Hippocrates- Greek Herophilus- Egyptian
-
-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
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 Petro
By: 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!