This series looks at the medical contributions and advances made over the centuries. Each book evaluates the major medical issues of the time and the key individuals who pushed medical knowledge into new territory. In this title, readers can discover how important Hippocrates and Galen were, how influential the gods were, how the Greek and Roman doctors tried to heal the sick, how successful surgical procedures were and whether the Romans really were so clean and healthy.

 

This book is part of a book series called The History Of Medicine .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Hachette Children's Group .

Ian Dawson is Publications Director of the Schools History Project and creator of www. thinkinghistory. co. uk.