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Roman Medicine

Prior to the Greek Influence, Roman Medical Custom was confined to home treatments and superstitious rituals. The Roman Army amazingly , had no Medics and the injuries in the work of battles were cared for by other soldiers with some or no experience in tending to them. The survival rates resultant were not very promising. As this affected the morale and the effectiveness of the Army and thereby the spread of the Roman Empire, it became necessary to create more professional medical knowledge and it was this necessity, actually, that led to the development of Roman Medicine.

Roman Medicine is derived from Greek Medicine, which is not at all surprising, thinking about that the Romans derived most of their cultural aspects from the Greeks and then improved on them. They studied the medical treatises and methods of the Greeks and also of the Etruscans, the Egyptians, the Persians, and the other people they conquered, and then came up with of the best and most sophisticated Medical Systems of the Ancient World.

Most of the early Roman doctors were Greeks. The first of these to come to Rome was Arcagathus, according to Pliny's Natural History. Arcagathus, who hailed from the Greek Peloponnese, came to Rome in 219 B.C., and, as the and only person in all of Rome with a claim towards professional Medical knowledge, was initially inundated with patients. However, it soon became apparent that his treatments were overwhelmingly dependent on the knife and the cautery - in fact, they soon led to his being nicknamed 'the Executioner' - and not surprisingly the numbers of his patients soon petered down to a trickle. No doubt they preferred to die of their own sufferings than any additional ones inflicted by him. This sort of thing did not work wonders for the Medical cause and it took another 100 years before people decided to give another Greek practitioner another chance. This was Asclepiades of Bithynia, who came to Rome in 100 B.C.

Soon , there were plenty of doctors in Rome. It was very simple to become a doctor in Ancient Rome - you decided you desired to become and set up shop. Sometimes you apprenticed for the job by observing the methods of another medic of equally doubtful credentials. It was fundamentally a trial and error technique. In the event you were successful, the news spread and you got yourself a steady clientele and could charge them the most exorbitant fees. In the event you failed or lost interest, well, you could always turn to some other profession.

"Until recently, Diaulus was a doctor; now they is an undertaker. They is still doing as an undertaker, what they used to do as a doctor." (Martial, Epigrams one.47)

This sort of attitude towards medicine and the ineffectiveness of most of the pricey - and often unnecessary - treatments, as well as the fact that most of the practitioners were Slaves and at the very bottom of the social ladder, naturally did not accord Doctors with the status that they enjoy nowadays. Plenty of of the less-than-flattering epigrams that have come down to us from Ancient Rome ought to give an idea of the esteem in which Doctors were held -
Prior to the Greek Influence, Roman Medical Custom was confined to home treatments and superstitious rituals. The Roman Army incredibly , had no Medics and the injuries in the work of battles were cared for by other soldiers with some or no experience in tending to them. The survival rates resultant were not very promising. As this affected the morale and the effectiveness of the Army and thereby the spread of the Roman Empire, it became necessary to generate more professional medical knowledge and it was this necessity, actually, that led to the development of Roman Medicine.
Most of the early Roman doctors were Greeks. The first of these to come to Rome was Arcagathus, according to Pliny's Natural History. Arcagathus, who hailed from the Greek Peloponnese, came to Rome in 219 B.C., &, as the & only person in all of Rome with a claim towards professional Medical knowledge, was initially inundated with patients. However, it soon became apparent that his treatments were overwhelmingly dependent on the knife & the cautery - in fact, they soon led to his being nicknamed 'the Executioner' - & not surprisingly the numbers of his patients soon petered down to a trickle. No doubt they preferred to die of their own sufferings than any additional ones inflicted by him. This sort of thing did not work wonders for the Medical cause & it took another 100 years before people decided to give another Greek practitioner another chance. This was Asclepiades of Bithynia, who came to Rome in 100 B.C.

Roman Medicine is derived from Greek Medicine, which is not at all surprising, thinking about that the Romans derived most of their cultural aspects from the Greeks & then improved on them. They studied the medical treatises & methods of the Greeks & also of the Etruscans, the Egyptians, the Persians, & the other people they conquered, & then came up with of the best & most sophisticated Medical Systems of the Ancient World.

Soon , there were plenty of doctors in Rome. It was very simple to become a doctor in Ancient Rome - you decided you desired to become & set up shop. Sometimes you apprenticed for the job by observing the methods of another medic of equally doubtful credentials. It was fundamentally a trial & error method. In the event you were successful, the news spread & you got yourself a steady clientele & could charge them the most exorbitant fees. In the event you failed or lost interest, well, you could always turn to some other profession.

"Until recently, Diaulus was a doctor; now they is an undertaker. They is still doing as an undertaker, what they used to do as a doctor." (Martial, Epigrams.47)

This sort of attitude towards medicine & the ineffectiveness of most of the expensive - & often unnecessary - treatments, as well as the fact that most of the practitioners were Slaves & at the very bottom of the social ladder, naturally did not accord Doctors with the status that they enjoy nowadays. Plenty of of the less-than-flattering epigrams that have come down to us from Ancient Rome ought to give an idea of the esteem in which Doctors were held -
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