Ancient Rome knew about the human body and how they work. Doctors and Philosophers studied the human body and dissected the body to discover the different types of organs and what they were used for. A man called Galen learned about the human body by dissecting the body. However, this wasn’t allowed as human dissection was banned in Alexandria so he dissected an animal. His theory for human anatomy had some errors because he used an animal to figure out how the human body works. Animals and humans have different functions so Galen’s theory for human anatomy was false. To learn about animal anatomy, Galen chopped off a pig’s head and tested the nerves in the pig to prove what each one was used for. So the knowledge of anatomy had some problems.
Ancient Egypt knew about where the organs were in the human body. On the other hand, Egyptians didn’t know what they were used for. This is because Egyptians believed their was life after death so they produced embalming. Embalming is where you take organs of the body and use it for the afterlife. Egyptians used to get organs from dead humans such as: the heart, brain and lungs. They would wrap in linen. This was not good because they didn’t dissect the organs so they didn’t know what they were used for. They especially didn’t know what the heart and brain were used for as they used the organs for the afterlife so Egyptians didn’t know what the organs were used for as they didn’t dissect the organs or body.
In conclusion, the period that saw the most improvement in surgical and anatomical knowledge was Ancient Rome. This is because they know what the organs were used for in a human body. Even though Galen dissected an animal for the theory of human anatomy, Ancient Rome studied the human body and what they were used for. They tested the theory of animal anatomy by chopping off a pig’s head and experienced the nerves to see what they were used for. Ancient Rome had some troubles about the theory of human anatomy but knew all about animal anatomy. Whereas Ancient Egypt didn’t know much about the organs for the human body.
