The Edwin Smith Papyrus
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus occupies the first place of a remarkable list of records. It is clearly the first documentation of cases of spinal cord injuries, but it is also the first
Plato Attempts to Understand
Plato’s theory of forms leads him to a position where he sees human beings as having an earthly perishable body occupied by a spiritual or soul-like self that he calls the psyche. This
Documenting Neurological and Mental Disorder During Greeks Antiquity
Hippocrates and his followers were convinced that the brain is the major controlling center for the body. This belief marked a major change in thinking from Egyptian, biblical, and earlier Greek views, which
The Elephant in Love – First Documented Anatomical Organ
This picture is the oldest anatomical documentary of the heart and resembling it as the center of life. It was drawn over than 15,000 B.C. ago in a cave in Spain called “El
Aristotle
Aristotle the greatest natural philosopher of the ancient world. Born in 384 B.C., Aristotle was a student of Plato (who believed in brain supremacy) and served as a tutor for Alexander the Great.