Ancient Medicine Offsite
Galenic Manuscript
Page from a Greek 10th or 11th C manuscript of Galen's De usu partium.
On Ancient Medicine Pt 3
Translated by Francis Adams. Hippocrates understood the need for doctors to understand nutrition.
Ancient History of Trips to the Dentist
April 1999 British Archaeology article on toothpastes, picks, and techniques to relieve toothache.
Dying to have a Baby
From an article on the history of obstetrics, this section touches on the history of caesarian section, puerperal fever, and anesthetics.
Medicine in Mesopotamia
Fire preserved Ancient Assyrian clay medical tablets. Prescribed treatments are rational even if a deity was responsible for ailment. Physicians and sorcerers worked together.
Modern Diagnosis of Ancient Disease
From British Archaeology, scientists can now use mitochondrial evidence from skeletons to trace the history of diseases like tuberculosis, rheumatoid and osteo-arthritis. Biomolecules also reveal information on the Ancient Egyptian disease, schistosomiasis.
Greek and Roman Surgical Instruments
Photos of scalpels, hooks, forceps, catheters, and a speculum, from The Asclepion.
Medicine in Ancient Greece
Medicine in Homer, Hippocrates, Women's diseases, Temple cures, and Midwives.
Medicine in Ancient Egypt
Useful synopsis of the Ebers Papyrus and description of content of the Kahun Gynecological Papyrus. Also includes diseases known to have afflicted the Egyptians.
Medicine in Old Egypt
Imhotep, Egyptian Physicians and the content of the medical papyri. Discussion of the study of anatomy.