Greeks frequently recommended exercise and changes in the diet there is also evidence for this method by the Romans. The Romans were a great fan of public baths and those who could afford it had personal trainers.
Greek doctors were successfully able to carry out simple operations. The Romans built on this idea as they were able to perform caesareans, named after Julia Caesar, and experiments on animals so that they could understand more about the human body. By this time simple anaesthetics had been invented.
Romans didn’t really look for new ideas, they were more practical with there medicine for example with there army as they were needed to keep the empire growing. The Greek theories on disease and illness were accepted.
In conclusion I think that Roman medical ideas were more or less the same as the Greeks as many if the theories had been kept the same.
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Food and drink
During the 1960’s people started eating 4 meals a day, starting with breakfast which could consist of toasted bread, sausages, bacon, mushrooms, eggs, tomatoes and hot tea. For lunch people mainly had sandwiches or a light snack but some people preferred to have a full meal. The main meal of the day, dinner time, everybody has a full meal as this was the only time people spent time together during the day.
- clothes
The 1960’s didn’t start out with colourful clothes. They were dully designed and looked better on old people. The little shops called boutiques opened selling cheap and colourful clothing for younger people. During the decade women started wearing mini skirts, leather boots and fake eyelashes. Men wore paisley shirts, velvet trousers and high collared regency jackets. Men also began to wear their hair long.
- Mods, rockers and scooters
By 1964, the majority of British youth was split into two factions called Mods and Rockers who each dressed in their own distinctive style.
Mods were the smarter of the two and wore sharp lightweight suits or smart jackets over polo necks or Fred Perry shirts, and donned US Army Parkas to ride their Vespa and Lambretta scooters to a club to dance to black Soul music.
The Mods were originally an exclusive group of fashion-conscious men, but by 1963 the term 'Mod' had taken on a much looser meaning and could be applied to most tailored youth fashions of the period.
The Rockers wore winklepicker shoes, tight jeans and leather jackets with polished studs. They rode large motorcycles such as Triumphs, BSA's and Norton's (and had a greater affinity with motorbike grease than a tailor's measuring tape).
- Medicines and health care
The medical profession transformed itself after World War IL New methods of diagnosis and treatment expanded the physician's healing powers enormously, and unprecedented social pressure was applied to assure that those new powers were exercised responsibly. Medicare and Medicaid programs initiated during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson routinely extended good medical care to the poor and the elderly for the first time in history, and it cost more than even the most conservative planners imagined. Between 1950 and 1970 the medical workforce tripled to 3.9 million people, and national health-care expenditures increased sixfold to $71.6 billion per year.
- Equal rights
Men and women were becoming more equal since the war as women proved their selves when the men went to war. However some men were still very sexist towards women.
