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Greek Medicine
- Asclepius The Greek
God of Healing
- His daughters were: Hygeia
and Panacea. They also
helped in healing. Words:
Hygiene, cleanliness, and
panacea were remedies for
illnesses called after their
names.
- His temples were called Asclepions and
people would stay at them when they
were ill. Similar to a health farm or
Catholics going on a pilgrimage to
Lourdes. The cult of Asclepius was most
popular in the 5th and 4th centuries BC.
- An example of a healing
ritual: Placing snakes on the
patients. The snake is the
sacred animal of Asclepius
and can still be seen in
many logos of many
medical organisations.
- His daughters were: Hygeia
and Panacea. They also
helped in healing. Words:
Hygiene, cleanliness, and
panacea were remedies for
illnesses called after their
names.
- Hippocrates
- Encouraged the use of four
step method for treating
illness which would now be
recognised as "Clinical
Method of Observation"
- Diagnosis > Prognosis > Observation > Treatment
- Discouraged the idea of
Gods or spirits being
causes of illness.
- "Airs, Waters and Places" a book from the
Hippocratic Corpus. It looks for environmental
causes for disease.
- "Airs, Waters and Places" a book from the
Hippocratic Corpus. It looks for environmental
causes for disease.
- Diagnosis > Prognosis > Observation > Treatment
- The books "Prognostic" "Coan
Prognostic" and "Asphorisms"
were improved/built off of
Egyptian ideas of diagnosis.
Which suggested that by
studying enough cases, a doctor
could learn to predict the course
of an illness.
- Encouraged the use of four
step method for treating
illness which would now be
recognised as "Clinical
Method of Observation"
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