Exercise for "Roman Medicine"

 

Roman Medicine

 

 

This exercise created by Carroll Collins.

Roman Medical Terms and People

As the student accesses the web pages on the "Roman Medicine" page, he or she should look for the following terms, phrases, or people and write an explanation or definition which explains the connection to ancient medicine:

Hippocrates

Hippocratic

Oath

Asclepius

caduceus

Asclepian staff

Pliny the Elder

Cato the Elder

home or folk remedies

paterfamilias

Hellenism

surgical tools

gods of healing

animals associated with healing

Dioscorides

"De Materia Medica"

Galen

anthropological medicine

recommended healing-diets


Short Assessment Quizzes

  • Medical History: I
    A matching quiz to assess the student's grasp of the important philosophies, people, and items of ancient medical history.

  • Medical History: II
    A matching quiz to assess the student's grasp of the important philosophies, people, and items of ancient medical history.

  • Who's Who in Medical History
    A fill-in-the-blank short quiz that identifies the specific people and their contribution to the historical development of medicine.

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