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.

Celsus is an important figure in ancient medicine.

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…

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

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.

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.

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

Are the words "first do no harm" from Hippocrates? Are they found in the Hippocratic Oath?

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

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