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Roman Public Health

BGS History GCSE Revision Tests. Roman Public Health. 1) Which four things made up the Roman public health system? [4]. AQUEDUCTS PUBLIC BATHS PUBLIC TOILETS SEWERS. 2) Why did the Romans think it was so important to keep their army healthy?. HEALTHY ARMY = HEALTHY EMPIRE.

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Roman Public Health

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  1. BGS History GCSE Revision Tests Roman Public Health

  2. 1) Which four things made up the Roman public health system? [4] • AQUEDUCTS • PUBLIC BATHS • PUBLIC TOILETS • SEWERS

  3. 2) Why did the Romans think it was so important to keep their army healthy? HEALTHY ARMY = HEALTHY EMPIRE

  4. 3) As well as the army, which other group in Roman society helped build the public health system? SLAVES

  5. 4) What problem had the Romans noted about living near marshes? • Lots of people caught a fever as a result. • We know today that this is called malaria.

  6. 5) What did they do as a result? They drained the marshes.

  7. 6) What important link had the Romans made which was key to explaining illness? THE LINK BETWEEN DIRT AND DISEASE. They had worked out that if you wanted to stay healthy you had to stay clean.

  8. 7) In the hospitals they built, the ideas of which type of doctors dominated? Greek doctors, in particular: • Hippocrates (4 Humours and Clinical Observation) • Galen (Treatment of the Opposites)

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