Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Roman Public Health System
- Water
- Sewers
- Bath-Houses
- Private Homes
- Fountins
- Public Latrines
- The Big Idea: Improving Public Health
- Why?
- Strong men for army
- Diseases spread easily- Cities need
fresh water to be healthy
- How?
- Taxes to pay for buildings
- Slaves as labour
- Employed water officers
- Typical Exam Q.
- How did the Romans improve public health?
- The Romans were more interested in public
health than in medicine and treatment. Do you
agree?
- write around 4 paragraphs!
- Roman Hosiptals
- Clean
- Turpentine
- Calm/quiet place
- Surgeons/Students - Doctors, Nurses
- Some treatments
- Sore eyes, setting bones
- When Romans left Britrain
- Bone diseases occur in skeletons
- Aqueducts fell into disrepair
- Human waste thrown in rivers
- Fields/gardens as toilets
- Drinking water collected from rivers
or from contaminated wells
- Why did it decline?
- Priorities were different
- Vikings cared more about Cattle, Power, Image and Land
- Romans wanted a strong army to keep control