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Recent
excavations in Rimini have thrown new light on the the medical
treatments available to your average Roman citizen in the third
century. The finds show that in addition to sophisticated surgery
techniques other treatments such as drugs and diet were used
to cure the sick.
Following the slaughter of the Civil Wars which followed the
death of Julius Ceasar, a professional medical corps was introduced
into the Roman imperial armies. Over the next 500 years this
medical corps advanced the treatments for battlefield injuries
to a level not again reached until the Napoleonic wars of the
19th century.
Indeed all doctors and medics in the Roman |
imperial armies had to have passed through the official army
medical school. The RAMC also provided advice on hygiene in
army camps and the avoidance of battlefield epidemics.
The
Telegraph: Roman ruins cast new light on a trip to doctor |
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