Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Chryses, Haruspex, Phlegm
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Hippocrates of cos: there were no serious physicians, only healers, before the 5th c, in the odyssey, odysseus" uncle heals his wounded thigh by binding it and chanting, which may indicate the casting of a spell. Early greek medicine: there survives a very large body of medical texts. Greek ideas of anatomy and physiology: [slide 7] note the precise anatomical detail. Some unusual ideas: wandering womb": idea that the movement of the uterus from its proper place caused, eventually understood in antiquity that brain was the source of cognition, but this was late. Hysteria": the brain thought to be semen. Mind and body: [slide 20] reminds us that greeks thought the mind was in the chest, note that two different words are translated as mind. , [slide 21] note the proportion of greek words to english words. Zeus got angry and withheld fire from humans. So, prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans.