LB+Medicine&Disease+types+of+med+instruments

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 * Medicine in ancient Rome consisted of various types of instruments/tools. Tools back then are very similar compared to tools used in modern society although they were used for different purposes. This is a part of history that will never be forgotten.**=====

**Here are some common tools used in Ancient Rome:**
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 * **Scalpels-** Usually made of steel or bronze. These scalpels were similar to those used today, they were only longer,steel scalpels. These would be used to make incisions, but seemed to be used for deep or long cuts. Smaller scalpels were used precisely for delicate cuts.
 * **Hooks-** There were two types of hooks used regularly by doctors. Some were sharp and others blunt. Sharp hooks were used to hold and to lift tiny pieces of tissue and to retract the edges of wounds. Blunt hooks on the other hand were used as probes dissection and increasing blood vessels.
 * **Bone Drills-** Driven in there instructed motion, bone drills were used to remove infected bone tissue or to remove large objects (a weapon) from a bone.
 * **Forceps-** Forceps were often used in a similar way as bone drills. Instead of removing large object it removed small objects that could not be removed by hand.
 * **Catheters-** Usually made of steel or bronze. There were two different designs of these, on for males and the other for females. This tool was used to open up a blocked area/tube allowing urine to pass out from the body.
 * **Uvula Crushing Forceps-** These toot like forceps were used to crush the uvula before cutting off to avoid hemorrhaging.
 * **Spatula-** This was simply used to mix together ointments for patients.
 * **Surgical saw-** This was used to cut or saw through bones during surgery and amputations.

**Some ancient roman herbs that were used were:**
====The romans used herbs in many odd ways. They're were very important to them, and they used them alot, not just in treatments. They would use them like crowns to give to soldiers and pass parsely to there house guests to avoid bad odours. Some of the herbs used as or in treatments are listed below.====
 * ==== Fennel- People used this herb to cal themself. ====
 * Elecampane- Used to digest food and other products.
 * Sage- They didnt exactly use this on them but it had great religous value.
 * Garlic- It was siad to keep the heart healthy.
 * Fenugreek- Used in an other treatment called pneumonia.
 * Silphium- Used for birth control.
 * Willow- Used in anteseptic.

** Procedures: **
====**﻿**The Romans should well of appreciated the one and only Shushruta.This man developed a medical procedure that is still in use in modern medicine. This procedure was named 'the pedicile flap' in which involved removing a piece of skin tissue then transferring it and sewing it onto another part of the body. People say that the Romans were the most advanced of all ancient times, escpecially in medicine. First of all, one of the many procedures taken place was the artificial limb. This limb was made of wood and bronze, which were attached to steel bolts. Another was the trepanning, which was the process of drilling holes into the upper head to get rid of pain, pressure, headaches and sometimes even spirtits which was sometimes welcomed by church. Even if you were to become a doctor, then they would have to say the Hippocratic Oath.====

One method which is still used in modern day was the house call. This was when the doctor came to the house where the patient lived. Romans also introduced the prescription. This was the system that doctors would use to give to the patients, reccomending the types of specific medicine that the patient can collect from the pharmacist.

= The Comparison to modern day: = ==== Today we use similar and identical tools, methods and treatments in the same way the Romans did. Most countries still use the house call but overall the prescription is used in nearly every country. Its an easy way of communicating between doctor, pharmacist and patient. Though there are some tools that we no longer use, such as the bone drill, and the hook, as we now understand more about the human body. We still use forceps, scalpels, spatulas and the medical kit. ==== ==== Today, amputation procedures are still used and we still use the artifical limb to help humans move in a normal way. Although one procedure was banned a long time ago, this was trepanning. Though some countries still use it, legally. The only thing is, is that they still believe that it has the same effects that the Romans did. ====

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