2 Treatments 1 2 Activity 6: How far did treatments change in medicine in the period 50-1350? Analyse how far changing impacted on treatments in medicine by plotting your own living graph and labelling some of the significant points related to changing ideas on it. During the period 50-383 AD in Roman Britain treatments were often based on the theory of the four humours. For example if it was thought that your humours were inbalanced then they were restored e.g. bloodletting was used for too much blood. During the period 50-383 AD in Roman Britain treatments there were trained doctors who followed Galens theory of the opposites. Treatments were often based on diet, exercise, lifestyle but also beginning to incorporate knowledge of plants and herbs from throughout the Empire. During the period 50-383 AD in Britain, treatments had spread. Although this was not quick because few doctors travelled to Britain, the army legions did have doctors and surgeons so that by the time the Romans left most doctors were following Roman ideas of treatments. During the period 383-1350 in Medieval Britain treatments there was little change in the training of doctors, but doctors became far fewer in number. For hundreds of years those who were sick mainly got help from the family, local wise women and men who had built up their knowledge through practise. During the period 383-1350 in Medieval Britain looking after the sick was an important part of the work of the Christian Church and this led to the founding of many hospitals in Churches. By 1350 there were about 500 hospitals but they did not cater for the very sick and were more like care homes for rest and prayer During the period 383-1350 in Medieval Britain treatments were the role of women within the family and sometimes they consulted local wise women. They were not allowed to train as doctors or physicians and surgeons in the growing universities from 1200 onwards. AF2 Causation and Change
deteriorated. Reasons why public health deteriorated the Romans. Medieval towns 1 2 Animals 1 2 Wealth and skilled engineers 1 2 Why didn’t peoples efforts work? 1 Wars. 2 Government. 3 The teaching of the Church. Activity 5: Public health systems inside Medieval monasteries. Using DBL SHP Medicine text p47 make notes on the public health systems of the Monasteries. Activity 6: How far did public health change in the period 50-1350? Analyse how far public health systems developed by plotting your own living graph and labelling some of the significant points related to changing ideas on it. When the Romans conquered Britain in 43AD they brought their ideas about Medicine and public health with them. They had a strong centralised government system who organised large scale projects and raised taxes to pay for them. The role of the Roman army was very significant in establishing the stability for these projects to be completed. The Romans developed a skilled class of engineers who had planned and built great aqueducts to bring clean water to cities. There were also public toilets, fountains, bath houses and supplies to forts and private homes. Once used there were sewers designed to take waste water away War and public health went hand in hand for the Romans since they needed healthy soldiers to maintain and expand the Roman Empire. They built their towns and army forts in healthy sites away from marshland and polluted water.Roman forts also had hospitals for soldiers staffed by surgeons and assistants. During the period 383-1350 in Medieval Britain was disruption brought about by the collapse of Roman rule and the onset of war. This meant that resources were divereted into military and the skilled engineers that managed the development of public health systems were lost. The Medieval times witnessed little development in terms of science and technology. When the Romans started to leave Britain in 383 AD, the government of Britain became much more fragmented with competing groups trying to establish control Angles, Saxons, Viking and later Normans. Their wars were destructive and disrupted stability so that governments had little time or resources to aid medical developments. More stability and the establishment of universities from 1100. During the period 383-1350 in Medieval Britain A thousand years of disruptive wars on the collapse of the Roman Empire throughout Europe meant that much of the progress made by the Romans was destroyed and that governments were not sufficiently powerful and wealthy to prioritise medical developments. AF2 Causation and Change Activity 7: How far did public health change between 50 and 1350?