Medicine



A man named Hippocrates first founded medicine in Ancient Rome at around 460-377BC. He moved to Greece at the early age of 7 but was still Roman from blood. He made two teachings, one called the Hippocratic Collection, which was a book that held all of Hippocrates medicine [|recipes]. The other was called the Hippocratic Oath (Corpus Hippocraticum), which was a rule for all [|future] doctors to abide by.

After making such a difference to many Greek [|citizens], he was named the “Father of Medicine”. Many people thought of medicine as a type of magic so many [|gypsies] were turned to also for healing instead of him.

By then Hippocrates started to teach many people about medicine and that it was no magic but a type of science that nearly always worked. By then citizens started to listen to him and Hippocrates started to cure many people.

Medicines were made from normal herbs and spices mixed together with alcohol. Romans believed that Sage was the best ingredient to make any type of medicine, mustard seeds were the key to helping snakebites, Fennel was meant to calm the nerves, lemon balm was the cure to headaches, wine and herbs was the main ingredient for a cold or cough, rosemary has helped people with bad eyesight, mustard for upset stomachs, and hot mashed up turnips to cure the chilblains disease. Many different ingredients were used for help of sicknesses.

Surgery was a main part of curing people during 367BC because many people were suffering from a disease spreading through Rome. Surgical instruments were made from bronze, iron, lead, or zinc, and a lot of surgeons made them on their own. Surgery was held in shops, and private rooms and the patient lay on a couch with no anesthetic.

By Tilly

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