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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 4/2004

01-04-2004 | Surgical History

Trauma Management in Ancient Greece: Value of Surgical Principles through the Years

Authors: Emmanouil A. Pikoulis, M.D., Ph.D., John C.B. Petropoulos, D.Phil., Christos Tsigris, M.D., Nikolaos Pikoulis, M.D., Ari K. Leppäniemi, M.D., Ph.D., Emmanouil Pavlakis, M.D., Evgenia Gavrielatou, M.D., David Burris, M.D., Elias Bastounis, M.D., Norman M. Rich, M.D.

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 4/2004

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Abstract

This article surveys in an interdisciplinary fashion the evolution of ancient Greek medicine and traumatology in particular. In sounding out the key methods and themes of Greek medicine, we cite a range of medical treatises and correlate them to the rich evidence of ancient Greek art (iconography), which often is explicit in its depiction of the management of disease and of trauma in particular. The article begins its survey from Homer, our first source of medical information, and highlights the pioneering work of Hippocrates and the secularized professional guild of the ”sons of Aesclepius.”
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Metadata
Title
Trauma Management in Ancient Greece: Value of Surgical Principles through the Years
Authors
Emmanouil A. Pikoulis, M.D., Ph.D.
John C.B. Petropoulos, D.Phil.
Christos Tsigris, M.D.
Nikolaos Pikoulis, M.D.
Ari K. Leppäniemi, M.D., Ph.D.
Emmanouil Pavlakis, M.D.
Evgenia Gavrielatou, M.D.
David Burris, M.D.
Elias Bastounis, M.D.
Norman M. Rich, M.D.
Publication date
01-04-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 4/2004
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-003-6931-x

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