Browsing by Author "Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M."
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The 2009 influenza A virus – subtype H1N1 pandemic, a glance from Greece
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2016)The 2009 influenza A - subtype H1N1 pandemic tested the public health care systems all around the globe, infecting millions and leading to thousands of deaths. Greece became the epidemic centre of the 2009 flu pandemic due ... -
Ammonius Lithotomos (3rd Century BC), the Alexandrian Innovative Surgeon Who Introduced Lithoclastic Cystotomy
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2017)Alexandrian surgeon Ammonius Lithotomos, was the first to introduce lithoclastic cystotomy during the 3rd century BC in order to relieve a bladder's stone blockage. He had used a metallic hook or crotchet to remove the ... -
Aretaeus of cappadocia (ca lst-3rd century AD): Views on hepatic cancer
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2016)Aretaeus lived in an era when cancer was known to be a fatal disease. He had understood both liver's capacity to regenerate, and its vital role for the body's homeostasis, and proposed the treatment to confront hepatic ... -
Aretaeus of Cappadocia (Circa First Century bc or Fourth Century ad), Operating Hepatic Abscesses in Ancient Greece
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The Daring John Cooper Forster (1823-1886): The First Case of "esophagus Blockage Gastrostomy" with Ligatures in England
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The death of cleopatra: Suicide by snakebite or poisoned by her enemies?
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2018)Queen Cleopatra VII, known more commonly as Cleopatra (note that there have been a number of historical Cleopatras), was a first-century BC Egyptian empress in Egypt, a femme fatale, who strove to control the hearts and ... -
Escherichia coli, a “symbiosis masquerade”
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Fimosis peneana en la antiguedad según la representación de dos exvotos romanos [Glans penis phimosis in antiquity as depicted upon two roman ex-votos]
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Hippocrates (ca 460-370 BC) on nasal cancer
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2016)The prevalence of cancer in antiquity is rather an unknown scientific field. Nevertheless, During the 5th century BC, Hippocrates and his followers, studied thoroughly this fatal disease and proposed surgical techniques ... -
Hippocrates (ca 460-375 bc), Introducing Thoracotomy Combined with a Tracheal Intubation for the Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions and Empyema Thoracis
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2016)Hippocrates was the first physician to describe in accuracy pleural effusion and pneumonia. To treat empyema thoracis he had introduced a combined method of tracheal intubation with a simultaneously thoracotomy. The surgical ... -
A Historical Glance at the Arabo-Islamic Surgical Instruments During the Ages
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2017)Arabo-Islamic physicians demonstrated exceptional skill and innovation in surgery, by having used the instruments introduced by ancient Greeks and Greco-Roman surgeons. In many cases they have manufactured their own ... -
Oribasius-pediatric skin eruptions and the origins of the allergic reaction to breast milk
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Paul of Aegina (c. 625–690 AD), the Origins of the Early Correction of Pediatric Strabismus in Byzantine Empire
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2016)The eminent Greek physician Paul of Aegina, native of the Saronic island Aegina and pupil of the Alexandrian School, understood both exotropia and endotropia, his designation for esotropia and proposed therapeutic measures ... -
Paul of Aegina (ca 625-690 AD), and his orthopaedic surgical reconstruction of the preternatural fingers
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2017)Paul of Aegina lived in a era when the preservation of the ancient Greek tradition was for him almost a necessity. Eager to follow the dogma of “oρθoπo(ε)δώ” (orthopodo: pace with no malformation), he introduced a series ... -
Paul of Aegina (ca 625-690 ad), Reconstructing Male Gynecomastia
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2017)Paul of Aegina thrived with his innovative operations, practically creating a kind of a new surgical school. He had deeply believed in human's body perfection introducing a series of cosmetic operations. Among them stood ... -
Primary Asthenic Gout by Augustin-Jacob Landre-Beauvais in 1800: Is this the first description of Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2017)Although Alfred Baring Garrod was the physician who introduced the term Rheumatoid Arthritis, it was the French medical student Augustin-Jacob Landre-Beauvais who firstly described the newly appeared type of arthritis. In ... -
The pulmonary circulation, it all started in the Hippocratic era
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Severus Iatrosophista, Theodosius the Philosopher and Jacobus Psychrestos, introducing Colchicum as an innovative treatment for podagra in the early Byzantine period
Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2017)During the early Byzantine period, the therapeutic herb “Colchicum autumnale”, or “ermodaktylon” was introduced in the treatment of podagra (gout). Podagra presented throughout the Byzantine period a disease with high ...