Greco-Roman Medicine

Hippocratic Oath - First Do No Harm
Are the words "first do no harm" from Hippocrates? Are they found in the Hippocratic Oath?

Four Humors - Hippocratic Method and the Four Humors in Medicine
When today's doctor prescribes an antibiotic to fight infection, he's trying to put the patient's body back in balance, just as the ancient doctors did when they balanced the body according to the theory of four humors.

Types of Ancient Greek Medicine
There were three main forms of medicine in ancient Greece, the temple medicine, the medicine practiced in connection with physical training, and the medicine of the medical schools.

Important Names in Greco-Roman Medicine
The Greeks and Romans contributed greatly to the field of medicine, advancing it substantially from a magic-based process to one involving regimens, like diet and exercise, and observation, diagnosis, and more.

The Contraceptive and Abortifacient Herb
The ancients grew an herb on the Libyan coast that was regarded by all in the know as an effective abortifacient and contraceptive.

Hippocratic Seasonal Diseases
The Hippocratic corpus includes: On Airs, Waters, and Places, On Ancient Medicine, Aphorisms, On the Articulations, The Book of Prognostics, On Fistulae, On Fractures, On Hemorrhoids, On Injuries of the Head, Instruments of Reduction, The Law, The Oath, Of the Epidemics, On Regimen in Acute Diseases, On the Sacred Disease, On the Surgery, and On Ulcers. The aphorisms contain information these sea…

Hippocrates
We really know very little about Hippocrates, "the father of medicine," beyond the fact that he is considered a great physician and was counted the greatest by the ancient Greeks. Here are some basics.

Celsus
Celsus is an important figure in ancient medicine.

Epidaurus
Epidaurus was a city of ancient Greece with a sanctuary of the healing god Asclepius.

Chiron
Chiron was a centaur who taught Asclepius medicine. Includes a picture of the centaur Chiron.

Galen
Basic information on Galen and his prolific writing on medicine. Includes a picture of Galen.