Anatomists or Butchers
Anatomists or Butchers?In the Corpus Hippocraticum, there is no evidence of human autopsies being conducted. The Greeks of this period believed that the human s…
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500 B.C · 8 articles
Documenting Neurological and Mental Disorder During Greeks Antiquity
Documenting Neurological and Mental Disorder During Greeks AntiquityHippocrates and his followers were convinced that the brain is the major controlling center …
Read more →Encephalocentrism Vs. Cardiocentrism
Encephalocentrism Vs. CardiocentrismDivision of ancient Greek thinkers into two schools, Encephalocentrism is the theory that the mind is in the brain, and card…
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Erasistratus Discoveries
Erasistratus DiscoveriesErasistratus was born c. 325 B.C. on the island of Ceos (Chios), and died c. 250 B.C. He is remembered for his discoveries especially in…
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Heart or Brain Debate Still Going On
Heart or Brain Debate Still Going OnBefore the Erasistratus born in 304 B.C. who attempted to deduce the functions of some parts of the brain by comparing these…
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Plato Attempts to Understand
Plato Attempts to UnderstandPlato’s theory of forms leads him to a position where he sees human beings as having anearthly perishable body occupied by a spiritu…
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Scaled Brain (Nervous System) Recognition in Early Greeks_ Time
Scaled Brain (Nervous System) Recognition in Early Greeks' TimeLike the Egyptians and Babylonians, whose medical tradition was based on a combination of traditi…
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The Humoral Theory
The Humoral TheoryDuring the Golden Age of Greece, each of the original four elements became associatedwith two qualities Figure 1, as the following:Air as hot …
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