Classical Studies 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter term3: Hippocratic Corpus, Ancient Greek Medicine, Cyclops
20 Apr 2022
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Early greek medicine: two routes when looking at medicine and health, the greeks saw health as divine favour and poor health as divine disfavour. Apollo in the iliad both brings illness and cures it. Disease could be sent and cured by the gods: formal medicine (physicians) Hippocratic corpus: numerous writings on the subject of ancient medicine and medical practice. Figure 1 - asclepius: none of the works is likely to be by hippocrates himself. Likely by people who followed his example: does not offer a consistent view. Emphasis on balance and morbid imbalance (disease is caused by imbalanced elements) It"s interesting to see how we got ideas wrong in the past and how we developed these ideas since then. It is also interesting to see what we got right in the past. Bronze statue of zeus (ca 460 bc) The exterior of the body is in extreme detail.
