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Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.
In the 3 rd century BC, Greek doctors brought scientific medicine to Rome. The arrival of new therapeutic practices, which were the inheritance of a different mental and cultural framework, provoked a double reaction at Rome.
Even in the Roman era the vast majority of medical doctors were Greek and in private practice as itinerant physicians. Civic doctors in the paid service of local communities appeared in Greek society from the 5th century BC onwards, but much later in Rome - probably as late as the 4th century AD.
ISAW responded to the challenges of the pandemic this past year in creating an in-depth look at the historical figure of Galen and his contributions to medicine and the long history of its practice.
1 sty 2017 · Contributions address several topics ranging from the medical provenance of biblical commentary to the early modern emergence of pathological medicine. Along the way, readers may learn of the...
Similarly, philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle were highly valued for their contributions to medicine. This interaction was particularly striking in the study of the human soul in relation to the body, as illustrated by approaches to topics such as intellect, sleep and dreams, and diet and drugs.
The problem of Roman medicine and its proper consideration is well illustrated in modern efforts to elucidate the work of Celsus. He is called a "physician who prac-ticed medicine,"5 a plagiarist of an obscure Hellenistic medical encyclopedia," or simply 1 W. Jaeger, Paideia (Oxford 1944), III, p. 3-45. L. Edelstein, "The Hippocratic physician ...
