Ancient Medicine - Austin College
Ancient Medicine
• Philosophy
• Medical Practices and Treatments
• Noteworthy Individuals
RESOURCES
“Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius”
URL:hsc.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/anntiqua/anthome.html
General information under specific headings compiled in conjunction with the colloquium sponsored by the Health System of the University of Virginia. Explores the primary developers of, the types of treatments, instruments employed, philosophies concerning, and physician practices of the Greek, Roman and pre-Renaissance worlds.
“Etruscan and Roman Medicine”
URL: ~weid/RomanII.htm
Offers the views of Pliny the Elder, Cato the Elder, and Horace which reflect the three contributing factors to Roman medicine: Etruscan influence, responsibilities of the paterfamilias, and the Greek immigrants and slaves. The information found on this site, developed by the Dalton School, is very extensive for other Roman topics and contains links to other sites which contain additional information on the primary areas of ancient health care.
Drug and Fracture Treatments
URL: indiana.edu/~ancmed/syllabus.htm
Authored by Professor N.H. Demand, this site on “The History of Ancient Medicine” offers three extensive sections: the anthropological approach, other ancient cultures, and pre-Hippocratic and Hippocratic medicine. However, the link “Ancient Drugs” provides specific plant and procedures used for treatment. In addition, the link “Fractures” offers specific procedures on the setting and healing procedures for broken bones; however, this link is rather lengthy.
Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants
URL: utexas.edu/utpress/subjects/classics.html
A list of over fifty book titles whose subjects focus on the “specific” rather than the general: for example, the empress Theodora, marriage, “lies and fiction”, the bloody arena. Many of these provide an excerpt, such as Jashemski’s A Pompeian Herbal: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants. This list provides additional library resources.
“Get Ready to Read” Exercise
As the student accesses the web pages, 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
After completing this review material, the student may test his knowledge with the short quizzes and his comprehension with the essay topics.
EXERCISES
1. Essay Topics
“Editing the Oath”
Essay topic to assess student’s critical-thinking processes. [Use the Virginia University’s web page translation of the oath.]
• Discuss HOW the appearance of statements regarding abortion and suicide in the Hippocratic Oath conflict with Roman cultural practices at the time. Be sure to include examples of conflicting practices, motives underlying these practices, and possible explanations for these conflicts.
“Chicken Soup and the Road to Recovery”
Essay topic to assess the student’s ability to recognize relationships and similarities in medical practices between the past and the present. [Use the first three web sources for the necessary information.]
• Compare the use of or prescription of dietary restrictions or instructions of ancient medicine with the dietary restrictions or instructions of modern medicine.
OTHER EXERCISES **
2. 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.
** These are the HOT-POTATO exercises.
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Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius
... An on-line exhibition prepared in conjunction with the Colloquium "Antiqua Medicina:
Aspects in Ancient Medicine" held in McLeod Hall, at the Health System of ...
hsc.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/ antiqua/anthome.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
RomanII.htm
... MEDICINE/SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua : Good
resource for information on Greek and Roman medicine. Etruscan ...
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syllabus
The History of Ancient Medicine Some links to useful materials Professor
NH Demand e-mail: demand@indiana.edu. Notice: This material ...
indiana.edu/~ancmed/syllabus.HTM - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
Classics and the Ancient World, University of Texas Press
... Jashemski, A Pompeian Herbal: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants. ... Jones, Boats.
Kleiner and Matheson, I Claudia II: Women in Roman Art and Society. ...
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