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- Title
Trauma Management in Ancient Greece: Value of Surgical Principles through the Years.
- Authors
Pikoulis, Emmanouil A.; Petropoulos, John C. B.; Tsigris, Christos; Pikoulis, Nikolaos; Leppäniemi, Ari K.; Pavlakis, Emmanouil; Gavrielatou, Evgenia; Burris, David; Bastounis, Elias; Rich, Norman M.
- Abstract
This article surveys in an interdisciplinary fashion the evolution of ancient Greek medicine and traumatology in particular. In sounding out the key methods and themes of Greek medicine, we cite a range of medical treatises and correlate them to the rich evidence of ancient Greek art (iconography), which often is explicit in its depiction of the management of disease and of trauma in particular. The article begins its survey from Homer, our first source of medical information, and highlights the pioneering work of Hippocrates and the secularized professional guild of the ‘'sons of Aesclepius.'’
- Subjects
GREECE; GREEK &; Roman medicine; TRAUMATOLOGY; SURGERY; EMERGENCY medicine; HISTORY of medicine
- Publication
World Journal of Surgery, 2004, Vol 28, Issue 4, p425
- ISSN
0364-2313
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00268-003-6931-x