There Were No Trained Doctors or Hospitals
Anyone who needed serious medical attention in ancient Rome was just about out of luck. Back then, there was no such thing as a trained doctor, and the closest thing to a hospital was a tent on the battlefield where soldiers would go to rest.
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Roman residents instead had to rely on self-proclaimed doctors, a title that anyone could adopt without any formal qualifications. Success was often measured by the ability to keep patients alive rather than by advanced medical knowledge. Since autopsies were not allowed in Rome, people knew very little about the inside of the human body.
